Political Parties
Monitoring & Influencing the Government
Bias, Symbolism & Propaganda
Public Policy
Domestic & Foreign Policy
International Organizations
International Conflicts
Electoral College
Vocabulary
100
To formally record one's choice or opinion in an election or on a specific question (hint: citizen responsibility).
What is voting?
100
The internet, television, radio, and newspapers are all examples of...
What is the media?
100
The use of something to represent ideas or qualities.
What is symbolism?
100
Marriage licenses, education requirements, and establishing local governments are a responsibility of this level of government.
What is the state government?
100
A government's decision about issues within the country.
What is domestic policy?
100
An organization founded in 1943 to keep world peace, develop friendly relationships among countries, and improve the quality of life for the world's poor people; consists of 193 member countries.
What is the United Nations?
100
A 444-day period during which the new government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution held hostage 66 diplomats and U.S. citizens, beginning on November 4, 1979 and ending on January 20, 1981.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
100
The majority of electors needed to win the presidency.
What is 270?
100
The President's role of being in charge of the military.
What is the Commander-in-Chief?
200
A political party that formed in 1854 after a split with the Whig Party over the issue of expansion of slavery.
What is the Republican Party?
200
To watch, keep track of, or check usually for a special purpose.
What is monitoring?
200
A preference, opinion or attitude that favors one way of thinking over another.
What is Bias?
200
The level of government that addresses issues in your community.
What is local government?
200
A government's decisions about relationships with other countries.
What is Foreign Policy?
200
Allows free trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement?
200
Germany, United States, Great Britain, Japan were involved. The U.S. kept a neutral stance until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
What is World War II?
200
The Electoral College must vote for the President and Vice President separately (hint: amendment).
What is the 12th amendment?
200
Favoritism towards one side.
What is Bias?
300
The political party that supports the following issues.
- Environmentalism
- Feminism
- Pro-choice rights
- Affordable health care
What is the Democratic Party?
300
A person or group who acts as a protector or guardian.
What is a watchdog?
300
The following photo is an example of...
What is symbolism?
300
This level of government addresses passports, healthcare, and our national currency.
What is the federal government?
300
The work of keeping good relations between the governments of different countries.
What is diplomacy?
300
An international organization founded in 1995 to promote international trade and economic development by reducing taxes and other restrictions between nations.
What is the World Trade Organization?
300
North Vietnam was taken over by Ho Chi Minh who wanted to unite the north and the south.
What is the Vietnam War?
300
The total number of votes cast by citizens in an election.
What is the popular vote?
300
An agreement or arrangement between two or more countries.
What is a treaty?
400
An organized choice by vote to select a person for a political office or other position.
What is an election?
400
A person who participates in interest groups and activities in order to influence government officials.
What is a lobbyist?
400
The method of spreading ideas or information for the purpose of helping or hurting an institution, a cause, or a person.
What is Propaganda?
400
Government actions in the form of laws.
What is public policy?
400
An executive department of the U.S. government responsible for foreign policy and international relations.
What is the Department of State?
400
An international organization of 28 countries that has agreed to protect each other in case of attack; founded in 1949.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
400
Fidel Castro allowed Communist Soviet Union to install nuclear-armed missiles 90 miles from U.S. shores. President Kennedy enacted a blockade and told Soviets to remove missiles and they would remove U.S. missiles from Turkey. Stand off took 13 days. Brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
400
The votes cast by electors in the Electoral College for President and Vice President of the United States.
What is the electoral vote?
400
Criteria to make something eligible.
What is a qualification?
500
A nominating election held to choose party candidates who will run in the general election.
What is a primary election?
500
The right to ask the government to solve a problem or to express an opinion about how the government is being run.
What is petitioning the government?
500
The following image is an example of...
What is propaganda?
500
An appointed official that represents a country.
What is an ambassador?
500
A panel of fifteen judges appointed by the United Nations to hear cases that focus on disputes between nations; also known as the World Court.
What is the International Court of Justice?
500
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and demanded that his country's debt be erased. Nations condemned the invasion but Hussein refused to back down. U.S. sent in troops and war lasted 42 days. Hussein escaped.
What is the First Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War?
500
How the total number of electoral votes is determined.
What is 100 senators + 435 members of the House of Representatives + 3 votes granted to Washington D.C.?
500
Groups that raise money on behalf of interest groups.
What is a Political Action Committee (PAC)?