What are interest groups and what types of interests do they represent?

What will be an ideal response?


Interest groups are voluntary associations that seek to create and promote advantages for their members. They represent myriad specific interests, but those representing the wealthy and better educated are more numerous.

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Terrorist violence is often illustrated by an act that is

A. carried out by individuals wearing masks. B. very private and secretive. C. publically announced in advance and covered by the media. D. random or symbolic in nature.

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Woodrow Wilson's notion of collective security, embedded in the League of Nations, required that

a. all members would agree to jointly oppose a threat to the security of any of them. b. most members would agree to counteract any major security threats. c. the Security Council regularly discuss threatening countries. d. the concept self-determination be ignored.

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Which form of county government is the most common in the United States?

a. the commission system  b. the council-administrate system  c. the council-elected executive system  d. the council-manager system 

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What is international law?

a. Extension of domestic law to the international level b. Rules, procedures, obligations, and prohibitions outlining acceptable and unacceptable behavior c. Rules, procedures, obligation, and prohibitions enforced on the domestic level d. A body of law dealing with the international commerce e. Rules and procedures imposed by the victors of World War II on the rest of the world

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