Module 1 Assessment

A  intense preferences

B  ideology

C  latent preferences

D  partisanship

A  ideology

B  social capital

C  partisanship

D  latent preference

A  The government pleases environmental activists by reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park but angers ranchers by placing their cattle in danger.

B  Groups that represent a variety of conflicting interests are all allowed to protest outside Congress and the White House.

C  The government pleases oil companies by allowing them to drill in lands set aside for conservation but allows environmental activist groups protest the drilling operations.

D  The government pleases environmental activists by preserving public lands but also pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent public lands for grazing purposes.

A  wealthy people decide what government policy will be, and politicians have no interest in pleasing anyone else

B  ordinary people acting on their own have a significant influence on government

C  government does what the majority of voters want it to do

D  government policy is formed as a result of the competition between groups with different goals and interests

A  poor people and people of color should not be allowed to vote

B  politicians who have held office for a long time are favored by voters

C  wealthy, politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people

D  special interest groups make government policy

A  direct democracy

B  oligarchy

C  totalitarian

D  monarchy

A  common goods 

B  private goods

C  public goods

D  all goods