Means of communication that reach large audiences, especiall television, radio, printed publications, and the Internet.
What is mass media?
100
A large, complez administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization.
What is Bureaucracy?
100
A type of tax propotionate to income.
What is progressive tax?
100
Events that happen within the U.S.
What is domestic affairs?
200
a ceremonial leader of a country; someone who represents the govt (i.e. Queen of England)
What is Chief of State?
200
The exclusice of a President to recognize foreign states.
What is Recognition?
200
An agency which performs the tasks for which the organizations exists.
What is Line Agency?
200
A declaration of taxable income and of the exemptions and deductions claimed.
What is tax return?
200
A purposeful refusal to become generally involved in the affairs of the rest of the world.
What is isolationism?
300
An almost obsolete system where by a presidential aspirant who won the preference vote in primary automatically won all delegates chosen in primary.
What is winner-take-all?
300
An unwelcome person; used to describe recalled diplomatic officials.
What is Persona non agota?
300
Having to do with powers that are to some extent judicial.
What is Quasi-Judicial?
300
A tax imposed on nearly all employers and their employess, and on self-employed persons- the amounts owed by employees withheld from their paychecks.
What is payroll tax?
300
Spying :)
What is espionage?
400
Group of persons chosen in each state and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and the Vice President.
What is electoral college?
400
Mercy or leniency granted to an offender by the chief executive.
What is Clemency?
400
The 12-month period used by a govt and the business world for its record-keeping, budgeting, revenua-collecting, and other financial mangement purposes.
What is Fiscal Year?
400
A tax levied at a flat rate, without regard to the level of a taxpayer's income or ability to pay them.
What is regressive tax?
400
The keeping of the international peace and order.
What is collective security?
500
Law specifying the order of presidentail succession following the Vice President.
What is Presidential Succession Act of 1947?
500
Article II of the Constitution that established the presidency and gives the executive power of the Federal Govt. to the President.
What is Executive Article?
500
Agencies headed by a single adminstrator w/ regional subunits, but lacking cabinet status.
What is Independent Executive Agencies?
500
A benefit that federal law says must be paid to all those who meet the eligibility requirement ( medicare, food stamps & veteran's pension)
What is entitlement?
500
The strategy of maintaining the military might of the U,S, at so great a level that the very strengths will deter an attack on the country by any hostile power.