Today, the nation's 54 million African Americans represent about 17 percent of the U.S. population, the largest single minority group.

A good example of a single-issue interest group that lobbies only on one issue is

a. the National Rifle Association (NRA). b. the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). c. the Sierra Club, on environmental protection. d. National Coalition to Ban Handguns e. All of the above.

The most powerful organizations in China's communist party-state are the

a. National Party Congress and the Central Committee. b. Politburo and the Standing Committee. c. Standing Committee and the Central Committee. d. Politburo and the Secretariat. e. Politburo and the Central Commission.