Name ____________________________________ Date ______________________ Class ____________
CHAPTER 11 VOCABULARY QUIZ
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
Actual group
Amicus curiae briefs
Class action lawsuits
Collective good
Electioneering
Elite theory
Free-rider problem
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
Hyperpluralist theory
Interest groups
Lobbying
Olson’s law of large groups
Pluralist theory
Political action committees
Potential group
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
Public interest lobbies
Right-to-work law
Selective benefits
Single-issue groups
Subgovernments
_____ 1. exclusive relationships composed of interest groups leaders, government agency personnel, and
members of congressional committees who perform mutually beneficial services for each other at the
public’s expense.
_____ 2. a communication by someone other than a citizen acting on his or her own behalf, directed to a
governmental decision maker with the hope of influencing his or her decision.
_____ 3. something of value which cannot be withheld from individuals in the potential group.
_____ 4. organizations that seek a collective good which does not only benefit their membership.
_____ 5. a situation where individuals let others work to secure a collective good and then enjoy the benefit
without contributing anything to the group effort.
_____ 6. these benefits are goods that a group can restrict to those who are members.
_____ 7. argues that interest group activities provide additional representation and compete against each other
to influence political outcomes.
_____ 8. a state law that forbids the requirement of union membership as a condition of employment.
_____ 9. “friend of the court” briefs filed by interest groups to inform the court of their position and to state how
their welfare would be affected by a ruling.
_____10. organizations where people with similar policy goals enter the political process to achieve those goals.
_____11. groups which have very narrow interests, shun compromise, and single-mindedly pursue goals.
_____12. suggests that the larger the group, the more difficult it will be to secure enough of the collective good
to encourage participation.
_____13. helping sympathetic candidates get into office.
_____14. a group composed of all people who share some common interest.
_____15. a group composed of those in the potential group who are members of the interest group.
_____16. argues that too many groups are getting what they want at the expense of the unrepresented and that
this behavior leads to incoherent public policy.
_____17. a technique used by interest groups which allows groups of people with similar complaints to combine
their grievances into a single suit.
_____18. a legal means for groups to participate in elections by contributing money.
_____19. argues that because only a few groups have enough power to influence policy, power is concentrated
into a few interlocking power centers.