Unit 7 Vocabulary Review

Match the following

• Topics that are at the top of the public’s concerns and have the attention of political leaders.

• Policymakers

• A person responsible for making policy.

• Public Agenda

• General goals set by political leaders that help shape specific laws on a topic.

• Public Policy

Match the following

• Seeking to influence legislators to introduce or vote against a bill.

• Interest Groups

• A person whose job it is to get elected officials to vote a certain way

• Lobbyist

• Organizations created to press for new laws and policies their members favor.

• Lobbying

The U.S. ​ (a)   is part of a larger ​ (b)  

• economy
• global economy
• Forum
• Public Agenda

The ​ (a)   is used for mass communication

• media
• government
• announcements

​ (a)   is ​ (b)   informaton.

• Propaganda
• biased
• truthful
• fair

A ​ (a)   is a place where different ideas can be exchanged.

• forum
• table