Civics 101
This concept determines the number of representatives a state can elect to the House of Representatives. It's directly related to a state's population.
What is "apportionment?"
Which vocabulary word best replaces the bold print:
In the Bay Area, even a small house that is run down and in poor condition can sell for well over $1,000,000.
What is "dilapidated?"
After President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, interning people of Japanese descent, over 10,000 Nisei (second generation Japanese American) soldiers volunteered to fight the war in Japan in this army unit.
What is The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, still the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
What are the subject and predicate?
Raising your right hand: Ok to call on me
Raising your left hand: Don't call on me
What is our insider's joke for when we have people visit our class?
When a question is asked, everyone raises their hands.
The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the government as coequal, allowing for the concept of ___________ (so no singular branch can abuse its power).
What are checks and balances?
This is a locating line on a map that runs horizontally.
It is also when someone acts with flexibility and leeway.
What is "latitude?"
During World War II, millions of pieces of mail went undelivered to soldiers from their families and vice versa. These military veterans lived by the motto, "No mail, low morale!" and they developed a 24-hour work flow to deliver over 17 million pieces of mail.
Who are The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (aka, the Six-Triple-Eight)?
These can be used in writing to communicate sarcasm, irony, or to note a person's nickname. It's a common motion people do when speaking as well.
What are "scare quotes" (aka "air quotes")?
In 1977, over 100 people with disabilities occupied the federal building in San Francisco, demanding the enforcement of ______________.
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
Originally passed in 1973, Section 504 prohibits discrimination based on disability in any program or activity that receives federal funding.
This form of voter suppression was virtually impossible to pass as its questions didn't make sense, regardless of a person's reading ability.
What are literacy tests?
The one who receives the benefit is called the beneficiary. What one who gives is called the _______.
What is "benefactor?"
What is 9/11?
Smiled like Mona Lisa.
^That is an example of a _________.
What is a fragment?
This concept is when people receive what they need to gain fair access to something (like access to enter a building, or use of assistive technology for people with disabilities).
What is equity?
This body of the government has the power to impeach federal civil officers, including the president.
Who is the House of Representatives?
An ________ person may move in an awkward, clumsy kind of way.
What is "ungainly?"
These United States Marines were once forbidden to speak their language or practice their cultural traditions. Ironically, it was their Native language that the Marines used as their secret weapon.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
I attend Woodland School, it is an independent private school on the peninsula.
^That sentence is an example of a ____________.
What is a comma splice?
In class, we identified this story component as the moment the protagonist's life changes forever.
What is the climax?
Typically done after the census, this is a process of changing district boundaries on maps to try to get a political edge.
What is gerrymandering?
I can be used to clean a table.
I can be used to help you buy a house.
What is an "agent?"
Because of union activism, name one general standard of a modern-day work week in the United States.
What are...
*5-day work week
*child labor laws
*8-hour work days
*rights to breaks and safe working conditions
^among other possible answers.
Based on this full MLA citation below, what would the in-text citation look like? Imagine the in-text citation was placed at the end of a sentence.
"Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Cities." National Geographic, National Geographic Society, 15 Mar. 2024, www.nationalgeographic.com/climate-change-coastal.
What is...
("Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Cities").
Because of this act, students with qualifying disabilities have the right to...
*a free, appropriate public education
*appropriate evaluations
*an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
*the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) for learning
*Parent/Guardian participation
*Procedures to protect the student's and family's rights
What is the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (or IDEA)?