Policy Issues
What is the name of the government program in the United States that provides financial assistance to low-income individuals and families to help cover essential needs like food and shelter?
What is Welfare?
What policy challenge revolves around determining the types of medical services a government should provide to its citizens?
What is Healthcare?
What policy challenge describes the set of rules and decisions aimed at addressing issues such as pollution, conservation, and climate change to protect the planet's ecosystems and natural resources?
What is Environmental Policy?
What term encapsulates a wide range of issues in the field of education, including curriculum standards, school funding, teacher qualifications, and educational equity, among others?
What is Educational Policy?
What term encapsulates the government's strategies and actions aimed at safeguarding a nation's sovereignty, protecting its citizens, and maintaining peace, often involving military, intelligence, and diplomatic efforts?
What is defense and security policy?
In the United States, what federal law, passed in 2001, sought to improve student achievement in public schools and established standardized testing requirements?
What is the No Child Left Behind Act?
What is the leading cause of death globally, involving various conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels?
What is Heart Disease?
What organization, headquartered in Switzerland, oversees the conservation of endangered species and their habitats through international agreements?
What is C.I.T.E.S?
In the United States, what type of tax based on property values is a primary source of funding for local public schools?
What is property tax?
What is the name of the primary intelligence agency of the United States responsible for gathering and analyzing foreign intelligence information?
What is the CIA?
What type of tax takes a larger percentage of income from higher-income individuals and a smaller percentage from those with lower incomes?
What is Progressive Tax?
In healthcare policy, what term describes the provision of effective and satisfactory medical services, focusing on patient outcomes and experiences?
What is quality of care?
What energy source, derived from the heat of the Earth's interior, is considered a renewable and sustainable option for electricity generation?
What is Geothermal energy?
What is the term for a set of academic standards that specify what students should know and be able to do at each grade level, often used to guide curriculum and assessments?
What are educational standards?
What term refers to the total amount of money allocated by a government for military and defense purposes in a given fiscal year?
What is a defense budget?
In urban planning, what term describes a designated lane on a road for the exclusive use of high-occupancy vehicles, typically requiring a certain number of passengers?
What is a carpool lane?
What are the primary issues (diseases/medical issues) in healthcare policy?
What is HIV/AIDs, heart disease, alcoholism, and malaria.
What method of reducing air pollution involves the use of a tall structure to disperse emissions from an industrial source over a wider area?
What is a Smokestack?
Question: In K-12 education, what is the acronym for the set of voluntary standards for learning with technology that have been adopted by many states in the U.S.?
What is I.S.T.E?
What is the process of preventing, deterring, and responding to acts of terrorism, often involving intelligence gathering, law enforcement, and military operations?
What is counterterrorism?
CHALLENGE QUESTION: What is the name of the international treaty that aims to protect the ozone layer by regulating the production and use of ozone-depleting substances?
What is the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer?
What is the name of the government program in the United States that provides healthcare coverage to individuals over the age of 65 and certain disabled individuals?
What is Medicare?
What federal law in the United States, enacted in 1972, focuses on protecting and maintaining the quality of the nation's surface waters and regulating the discharge of pollutants into them?
What is the Clean Water Act?
What term describes the use of technology, such as computers and the internet, to deliver and enhance educational content and experiences?
What is educational technology?
What term describes the sale or transfer of military equipment and weapons from one country to another, often a key component of foreign policy and diplomacy?
What are arms exports?