Localities and Media
Important Amendments
Economics
Checks and Balances
Judicial Branch
400

How many different types of localities are there?

What is 3?

400

This amendment gave us 5 important freedoms such as speech and religion.

What is the 1st Amendment?

400

What is determined by the interaction of supply and demand? 

What is Price?

400

What branch is checking which when the president calls Congress into a special session?

What is Executive checking Legeslative?

400

What type of court case has an arrest, arraignment and probable cause?

What is a Criminal Case? 

800

What are local laws called?

What are Ordinances?

800

This Amendment guarantees due process and prohibits the national government from violating it

What is the 5th ammendment?

800

What form of business organization has 2 or more owners who share both the risks and the profits?

What is a Partnership? 

800

What branch can declare laws and executive acts unconstitutional? 

What is the Judicial Branch?

800

   What is the Highest Court in the Land?

What is the U.S. Supreme Court? 

1200

What type of Locality has an Elected Board of Supervisors?

What is a County?

1200

This amendment defines Citizenship, and extends Due Process to the states.

What is the 14th Ammendment?

1200

What is it called when consumers determine through purchases what goods and services will be produced?

What is Consumer Sovereignty? 

1200

Which branch is checking which when Congress impeaches a federal judge? 

What is Legislative over Judicial? 

1200

How many levels courts are there in the Federal Court System? 

DAILY DOUBLE What is 3 (U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court)?

1600

What is 1 way that you can help evaluate media/advertisements for accuracy?

What is Separating Fact from Opinion, Detecting Bias, Evaluating Sources, and/or Identifying Propaganda? 

1600

What amendment gave the right to vote no matter race?

DAILY DOUBLE What is the 15th?

1600

What is the rivalry between producers and/or sellers of a good or service that usually results in better quality goods and services at lower prices? 

What is Competition? 

1600

Which branch is checking which when the president grants pardons and reprieves? 

What is the Executive Branch is checking the Judicial Branch?

1600

What is called when the Supreme Court determines the Constitutionality of things and what court case established it? 

What is Judicial Review and Marbury v. Madison?
2000

Name one of the five important jobs that the Virginia Constitution requires each Locality to have?

What is a Sheriff, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Commissioner of Revenue, Manager and/or a treasurer? 

2000

What did the 19th amendment do? 

What is gave women the power to vote?

2000

What consists of earnings after all expenses have been paid? 

What is Profit? 

2000

Who has the power to propose the annual budget?

What is the Executive Branch?

2000

In a Civil Court case who files the complaint to recover damages or receive compensation?

Who is the Plaintiff?

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