Quizalize logo
placeholder image to represent content

What is an Interest Group?

Quiz by Carter

Feel free to use or edit a copy

includes Teacher and Student dashboards

Measure skills
from any curriculum

Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.

With a free account, teachers can
  • edit the questions
  • save a copy for later
  • start a class game
  • automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
  • assign as homework
  • share a link with colleagues
  • print as a bubble sheet

Our brand new solo games combine with your quiz, on the same screen

Correct quiz answers unlock more play!

New Quizalize solo game modes
12 questions
Show answers
  • Q1
    A group of people with common goals who organize to influence the government.
    Political Party
    Interest Group
    30s
  • Q2
    An organization of people who try to directly influence government policies on certain or specific issues.
    Interest Group
    Political Party
    30s
  • Q3
    Also known as a Lobby or Pressure Group.
    Political Party
    Interest Group
    30s
  • Q4
    A person who is paid by an interest group to represent that group's interests to others.
    Candidate
    Lobbyist
    Politician
    30s
  • Q5
    Direct contact made by a lobbyist in order to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors.
    Campaigning
    Voting
    Lobbying
    30s
  • Q6
    An organization formed to collect money and provide financial support for political candidates.
    (PACs) Political Action Committees
    Banks
    Political Parties
    30s
  • Q7
    Promote the interests of the common good = the general public rather than a specific group.
    Special Interest Group
    Public Interest Group
    30s
  • Q8
    Promotes the interests of the group, not the common good
    Special Interest Group
    Public Interest
    30s
  • Q9
    PACs are
    Public interest groups
    Special-interest groups
    30s
  • Q10
    What do interest groups have to create because federal law prohibits interest groups from contributing money directly to candidates?
    Political Parties
    (PACs) Political action committees
    Colleges
    30s
  • Q11
    What are tools of the interest groups, which help finance the campaigns of the politicians who support the policies of the interest group?
    (PACs) Political action committees
    Banks
    Non-Governmental Organizations
    30s
  • Q12
    Why would an interest group create a PAC?
    It is illegal for interest groups to take part in a political campaign.
    Because federal law prohibits interest groups from contributing money directly to candidates?
    30s

Teachers give this quiz to your class