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Government Semester Exam Flashcards

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What amendment provides the powers that are not given to the United States?

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What amendment bans the use of poll taxes?

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What amendment grants the federal government power to collect income taxes?

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What amendment established the term in office for the presidency?

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What amendment states that congressional pay increases/decreases can only apply in the next congressional term?

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What amendment prohibits imposing cruel, unusual punishments and fines, prohibits granting excessive bail?

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What amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.?

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What amendment protects against seizure of property, arrest, and searches without a specific warrant?

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What amendment would repeal the 18th amendment?

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What amendment provides citizens with a right to a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury?

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What amendment provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators?

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What amendment limits citizens’ rights to sue states in which they do not live in federal court?

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What amendment granted citizenship rights for all Americans except Native Americans?

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What amendment granted the right to vote regardless of race, ethnicity, or previous condition of servitude?

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What amendment set the voting age to 18 years of age?

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What amendment specifies the procedures for electing the president and the vice president of the U.S.?

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What amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol?

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What amendment provides citizens a right to a trial by a jury in civil cases?

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What amendment guarantees the five basic freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition?

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What amendment provides an explanation of presidential succession and disability?

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What amendment provides a right to a fair trial and protections from double jeopardy?

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What amendment assures the recognition of those rights that people may have but are not listed?

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What amendment set presidential term limits to two terms only?

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What amendment allows Washington D.C. to vote in presidential elections?

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What amendment prohibits the quartering of soldiers during peacetime?

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What amendment granted women the right to vote?

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What amendment grants the right to bear arms?

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28
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Who hold the 11th position in the presidential line of succession?

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Secretary of Labor

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29
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Who holds the seventh position in the presidential line of succession?

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Attorney General

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Who holds the third position in the presidential line of succession?

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President pro tempore of the Senate

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31
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Who has to confirm presidential appointments?

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The Senate

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32
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What requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action?

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War Powers Resolution of 1973

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33
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What article of the Constitution outlines the executive branch of the federal government?

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Article 2

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A _________ is a hand picked person to be a delegate at the Democratic National Convention that falls into one of three specific categories.

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super delegate

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35
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Who’s duty is it to declare war?

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Congress

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36
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Congress has the power to override the veto if _________ of the members of each house vote to do so.

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2/3

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37
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What type of spending is up to the president to spend?

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Discretionary

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38
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What is the name of the newest executive department?

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Homeland Security

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39
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The ___________ focuses on managing the every day operations of the White House Office.

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Chief of Staff

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40
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How long do federal judges serve?

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for life

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41
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Who was the only Roman Catholic president in the United States?

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JFK

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42
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________ grants groups of offenders a general pardon for offenses committed.

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Amnesty

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43
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The _______ job is to handle relations with news reporters, and is also part of the communication staff.

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White House press secretary

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44
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What type of spending is the president required to spend?

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Mandatory

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45
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How many vice presidents have become president due to the president dying or resigning?

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nine

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46
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How many executive departments are there?

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15

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47
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What group has six members and are made of the top ranking officials from each branch of the armed services?

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Joint Chiefs of Staff

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48
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The president’s main legislative power is the ______.

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Veto

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49
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How many electoral votes do you need to become president?

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270

50
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The Constitution specifies that the president will set the government’s agenda during an annual ___________.

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State of the Union Address

51
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The primary function of an ____________ is to make diplomatic communication between governments easier.

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Embassy

52
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________ are pacts between the president and the head of a foreign government that have legal status of treaties but do not require Senate approval.

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Executive Agreements

53
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Since World War II, foreign policy has been based on __________.

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Internationalism

54
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________ was the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its powers.

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Containment

55
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A ______ is a special document issued by the government of the country that a person wishes to enter.

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Visa

56
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The Framers of the Constitution attempted to divide the responsibility for foreign affairs between the _________ and __________.

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Congress and President

57
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Who was the first woman chosen to be National Security Adviser?

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Dr. Condoleeza Rice

58
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_________ means that the US will strike first with military force against any terrorist groups or rogue states that might threaten the nation with WMDs.

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Preemption

59
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What does CIA stand for?

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Central Intelligence Agency

60
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For Americans traveling abroad, the State Department issues a document called a ________.

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Passport

61
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Created by Congress in 1789, the ___________ was the first executive department.

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Department of State

62
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A _________ primary function is primarily to promote American business interests in foreign countries and safeguard American travelers in foreign countries.

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Consulates

63
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_________ are measures such as withholding loans, arms, or economic aid to force a foreign government to cease certain activities.

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Sanctions

64
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What two cabinet departments make foreign policy a full time concern?

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State and Defense Departments

65
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Name two wars from our nation’s history where a formal declaration of war was declared by Congress.

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War of 1812, 1846 against Mexico, 1898 against Spain, 1917 against Germany, 1941 against Axis powers

66
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The Constitution gives Congress two significant foreign policy powers. What are they?

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Power to declare war, and appropriate money

67
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President Truman saw the invasion of South Korea as _______ by the Soviet Union and sent American troops there under UN sponsorship.

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Expansionism

68
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What department is headquartered at the Pentagon?

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Department of Defense

69
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A ___________ is an agreement that involves only two nations.

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Bilateral treaty

70
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_____ is the avoidance of involvement in world affairs.

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Isolationism

71
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A naturalized citizen is not eligible to serve as ___________ of the United States.

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vice president or president

72
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All aliens are required to notify the _______ when they change their residence.

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US Citizenship and Immigration Services

73
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__________ is one that applies to a particular person.

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Private law

74
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________ is a Latin phrase that means “law of the blood”.

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Jus sanguinus

75
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__________ is a person from a foreign country who expects to stay in the US for a short, specified period of time.

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Non-resident alien

76
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____________ hoped that the Court’s decision would begin a “chain of events” that would produce a “complete overthrow of the whole slave system.”

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Frederick Douglass

77
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__________ is a person from a foreign nation who has established residence in the US.

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Resident Alien

78
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What law marked the first time a federal law had restricted either immigration or citizenship on the basis of nationality or ethnicity?

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Chinese Exclusion Act

79
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___________ is a process by which members of a whole group of people, living in the same geographic area, become American Citizens through an act of Congress.

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Collective Naturalization

80
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_____ are people fleeing to escape persecution or danger.

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Refugee

81
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The loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process is called __________.

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Denationalization

82
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Name one time the United States has used collective naturalization on a group of people.

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Louisiana Purchase, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, Puerto Rico

83
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__________ is a Latin phrase that means “law of the soil”.

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Jus soli

84
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What Supreme Court case in 1857 challenged the basis of state citizenship?

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Scott vs. Sandford

85
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The easiest way to lose citizenship is through ___________, or giving up one’s citizenship by leaving one’s native country to live in a foreign country.

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Expatriation

86
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Representatives of interest groups who lobby are called ___________.

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Lobbyists

87
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__________ and their staff cannot accept a gift of more than $50 from lobbyists.

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Senators

88
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A __________ believes the government should actively promote health, education, and justice.

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liberal

89
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The _________ of 1995 was intended to close loopholes that had enabled most lobbyists to avoid registering with Congress.

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Lobbying Disclosure Act

90
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__________ refers to an individual’s feelings of effectiveness in politics

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political efficacy

91
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_________ are the choices the government makes and the actions it takes in response to a particular issue.

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public policy

92
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_______ support both economic and social freedoms–free markets and unrestricted speech.

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Libertarians

93
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A _______ is a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government.

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interest group

94
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The way the _______ depicts different groups in society can either discredit or create stereotypes.

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media

95
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What does PAC stand for?

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Political Action Committee

96
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American political values tend to fall into two broad but distinct patters of opinion toward government and public policies. Name them.

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Liberal and Conservative

97
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___________ is freedom from bias and outside factors, such as timing, that may influence poll results.

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Objectivity

98
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__________ fall between Democrats and Republicans.

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Moderates

99
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_________ is a set of basic beliefs about life, culture, government, and society.

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ideology

100
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A _________ is a set of values and beliefs about a nation and its government that most citizens share.

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political culture

101
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A _______ surveys a randomly selected fraction of voters, after they have voted and tells pollsters how people voted before the official vote count.

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Exit poll

102
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The aggregation of views shared by a segment of society on issues of interest or concern is called ______________.

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Public opinion

103
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__________ refers to errors introduced by polling methods that lead to one outcome over others.

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polling bias

104
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The process by which people acquire political beliefs is called _____________.

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political socialization

105
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A reliable poll states its ________, or uncertainty level.

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margin of error or sampling error

106
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________________ is made of the formal institutions and process through which decisions are made for a group of people.

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Government

107
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A _______________ is a political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly defined territory.

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State

108
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The term _______________________ means “rule by the people.”

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Democracy

109
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A ______________________ of government divides power over people and territory between the national government and smaller, regional levels of government.

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Federal System

110
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____________________ is a statement or vote which states that a person is in a superior position – be it government, managerial, etc. – is no longer deemed fit to hold that position.

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Vote of No Confidence

111
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_______________ is any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal.

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Policy

112
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The ____________________ theory holds that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state.

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Social Contract Theory

113
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In a ________________________, the executive branch and legislative branches of government are combined.

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Parliamentary System

114
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The _________________ is the world’s chief body for international cooperation.

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United Nations

115
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According to _________, humans lived independent lives in the state of nature, but they were happy, good, and free.

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Rousseau

116
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Under the Articles of Confederation, the United States operated as a __________ system.

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Confederal

117
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_______________ refers to the government’s authority and ability to get things done.

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Power

118
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Rulers claim to represent and be directed by a set of religious ideas

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Theocracy

119
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Membership in the ruling group may be based on wealth, family, or military power

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Oligarchy/Aristocracy

120
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Power of the monarch is limited by law

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Constitutional Monarchy

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