Unit 11
Law Enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians are known as what?
First responders
Jesus met a tax collector named
Zacchaeus
Human __________ is using force, fraud, or coercion to get another person to perform labor.
trafficking
Roe V. Wade was the Supreme Court decision that declared that a woman had the right to obtain an
Abortion
The man of God who served as second in command to Pharaoh was..
Joseph
What is the power of government to use or take private property for public purposes without the owner's permission?
Eminent domain
The federal government health insurance program for people over 65 is _________
Medicare
What is the military defense organization that the U.S. and 11 other countries formed after World War II?
NATO
The president who proposed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was...
President Barak Obama
Federal elections are held on the first _______ that follows a Monday in November.
Tuesday
Federal officials use ___________ data to allocate funding to state, local, and tribal governments.
An economy in which private individuals and corporations own the means of production is called what?
Free market
China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are permanent members of the UN ____________.
Security Council
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are part of the Department of...
Homeland Security
Early voting, absentee voting, and voting by mail are three ways of voting besides going to a voting place on...
Election Day
What is the process by which a city or county regulates how people use various areas of land?
Zoning
An economy in which the government owns the means of production is called what?
A command economy
Who is the highest ranking official from one country working in another country?
ambassador
What is an environmental impact statement?
What companies must submit before drilling for oil and gas.
A victim of human trafficking who was convicted of murder and was later given an early release was...
Cyntoia Brown
An oil boom caused a crisis in the government in the town of Williston in what state?
North Dakota
The major source of federal revenue in the U.S. before the personal ________ tax was tariffs.
Income
What is the conduct of relations among nations?
diplomacy
What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
America's emergency supply of oil
The Society of Sisters sued which state over its compulsory attendance law?
Oregon