🏛️ POLITICS & POWER
The department heads who advise the president.
What is the cabinet?
A person who creates content online and can influence political opinions without working for a traditional news organisation is often called this.
What is an influencer?
This American singer became one of the world's biggest pop stars and has turned her concerts and fan base into a major cultural phenomenon.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This term refers to the belief that the United States is a nation where anyone can achieve success through hard work, regardless of their background.
What is the American Dream?
The 2026 edition of this global sporting competition is particularly significant for the United States because the country is one of its three hosts.
What is the FIFA World Cup?
This political movement associated with Donald Trump takes its name from a slogan promising to restore the United States to a supposedly better past.
What is MAGA — “Make America Great Again”?
Unlike misinformation, this term refers specifically to false or misleading information that is deliberately created or spread to deceive people.
What is disinformation?
This Puerto Rican artist's enormous popularity illustrates the growing influence of Latino and Spanish-language music on mainstream American culture.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This term describes the increasing division between Americans with strongly opposing political beliefs.
What is political polarisation?
This sport dominates American television during the autumn and winter and culminates in the Super Bowl.
What is American football?
This type of election takes place halfway through a U.S. president's four-year term and determines the composition of Congress.
What are the midterm elections?
An AI-generated image, video or audio recording designed to make someone appear to say or do something they never actually said or did is called this.
What is a deepfake?
Streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime have contributed to the decline of this traditional way of consuming television.
What is traditional/broadcast television?
This controversial term refers to policies intended to increase diversity and representation in workplaces and educational institutions.
What is DEI — Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?
American college athletes increasingly receive financial compensation through a system that allows them to profit from their personal fame and commercial opportunities. What does NIL stand for?
What are Name, Image and Likeness?
Republicans have increasingly used this political label to attack progressive Democrats such as Zohran Mamdani, even though “socialist” can refer to a broad range of political positions.
What is socialism / democratic socialism?
If an algorithm continually recommends political content that confirms what a user already believes, the user may find themselves inside this phenomenon.
What is an echo chamber?
The debate over whether AI should be allowed to reproduce an actor's face, voice or performance raises questions about this fundamental principle concerning creative work.
What is intellectual property / ownership and consent?
The expression “culture wars” generally refers to political conflicts over issues such as abortion, gender, race, education and this broader question: what should American society's values be?
What are social and cultural values?
Why can sport be considered a political tool rather than simply entertainment? Give TWO examples.
This U.S. political phenomenon occurs when electoral districts are deliberately redrawn to give one political party an advantage.
What is gerrymandering?
In 2026, Donald Trump has used AI-generated images and memes to construct an exaggerated, almost mythical version of himself. What broader phenomenon does this illustrate?
What is the use of AI and social media for political propaganda / political image-making?
A celebrity publicly supporting a political cause can give that cause enormous visibility, but critics argue that fame does not necessarily equal expertise. What broader phenomenon does this debate concern?
What is celebrity activism / the politicisation of celebrity culture?
An American can legally exercise this constitutional right, but the extent to which governments should regulate it remains one of the country's most divisive political debates.
the right to bear arms / gun ownership?
Give the full names of these four American sports organisations/leagues:
NFL — NBA — MLB — NHL
National Football League
National Basketball Association
Major League Baseball
National Hockey League