Qualifications for Office Fill in the Blank
Interest Groups
Media
Propaganda
Propaganda and Bias
300
No Person shall be a ____________ who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
What is a Representative for the House of Reps?
300
These are organizations associated with interest groups, individuals, labor groups and corporations that raise and spend money in order to impact election outcomes.
What are PACs or Political Action Committees?
300
A _______________ is a method of communicating information, entertainment, or other messages. Television is one popular one of these. Radio, the internet, and cell phones are all examples of commonly used _____________.
What is Medium or Media?
300
This is used to send a negative message about an opposing product or candidate. This technique connects a person or idea to a negative word and convinces the viewer to believe the message without examining the evidence.
What is Name Calling?
300
These three colors are prominent in US political ads because they elicit feelings of patriotism.
What are red, white and blue?
600
No Person shall be a ____________ who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
What is a Senator?
600
This is a person who participates in activities in order to influence government officials.
What is a lobbyist?
600
When the media decides which stories and issues are important enough to receive public attention—and which aren’t they are acting as this. As a citizen, it is important for you to realize there are many serious events and issues you will never hear about on the evening news.
What is a gatekeeper?
600
Words or phrases such as love of country, home, peace, hope, freedom and honor are used to persuade the viewer to have a positive emotional reaction to the image being described by the word.
What are glittering generalities?
600
This is the technique of using images or pictures to convey a certain message.
What is Symbolism?
900
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of _____________; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
What is President?
900
MADD, Greenpeace, and the ACLU are these types of interest groups that focus on one area of concern.
What is a special interest group?
900
The media keeps watch on the government and others in power. It speaks out to alert the public if something happens that shouldn’t. This is when the media is acting as a __________.
What is a Watchdog?
900
This is an attempt is made to make the viewer feel like everyone is using a product or voting for a particular candidate, so they should too. The viewer should “join the crowd” and not be left out.
What is Bandwagon?
900
This is a preference, opinion or attitude that favors one way of thinking or feeling over another.
What is Bias?
1200
Each _______________ shall be at least twenty-one years of age, an elector and resident of the district from which elected and shall have resided in the state for a period of two years prior to election. (State of Florida)
What are Florida legislators (Senators and Representatives)?
1200
Individuals work together to form interest groups (special interests) which are guaranteed by the First Amendment’s freedom of _____________. (There is more than one acceptable answer.)
What is Assemble, Petition and Speech?
1200
Biased means favoring one view over another. As a human being, it is impossible to be completely _______________ even if you try.
What is unbiased?
1200
This is when a celebrity or well-known person speaks on behalf of a product or person as an endorsement. In a testimonial a celebrity’s message is that if they believe in a candidate, everyone else should too.
What is Testimonial?
1200
These two animals are used to symbolize the Republican and Democratic Parties.
What are the Elephant and the Donkey?
1500
Article IV, Section 5 …_____________, _____________ and _____________ must be an elector not less than thirty years of age who has resided in the state for the preceding seven years.
Who are the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Cabinet Members?
1500
This type of lobbying occurs when interest groups try to influence citizens to influence the government.
What is indirect lobbying?
1500
When the media allows both sides or opposing viewpoints to be heard it is acting as this.
What the media forum?
1500
This is the strategy of using ordinary language and clothes to convey to the audience that the spokesperson or candidate is just like everyone else. This strategy is often used in political campaigns. Candidates will take pictures at local restaurants and at ballparks to convey the message that they are an ordinary person, just like you.
What is Plain Folks?
1500
This is a symbol commonly used in what party.
What is the Communist party?