Vocabulary
"the body or group invested with the power to manage a political unit, organization or more often, a State."
What is the government?!
In 2020, Donald Trump lost the presidential election to this man.
Who is Joe Biden?
This international conflict inspired world powers to take interest in protecting human rights on a global scale.
What is World War II
If you've paid attention to Ms. McNally's earrings, computer, or things she says when she talks, you know that this is her favorite game.
What is minecraft?
There's probably a connection to our government class in this popular supernatural show that finally concluded (and that you all would not stop talking about).
Bonus point if you can find a connection between the show and government :)
What is Stranger Things?
"media that uses carefully-crafted messages to manipulate people’s actions and beliefs."
What is propaganda?
In the U.S. there are three levels of government: local, run by mayors; national, run by presidents; and state run by these politicians.
What are governors?
In the U.S. human rights are protected by this part of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Maybe surprisingly, Ms. McNally's favorite subject in school was this.
What is science?
In the movie National Treasure, which we watched at the beginning of the year, a group of treasure hunters steals this famous American document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is totalitarianism?
Some people make the argument that the U.S. was not a democracy until after this important movement in the 1960s.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Either of the two rights that protect everyone's ability to have a vacation.
What are the rights to travel and to rest?
Fun fact: Ms McNally hates to throw things away and loves to collect. Her biggest collection is of more than 50 of these plastic animals!
What are Rubber Ducks?
This show on NBC about a small town government agency was very focused on outdoor spaces and a lady named Leslie Knope.
What is Parks and Recreation?
Duverger's law describes the phenomenon (occurrence) of a certain number of parties existing when there can only be one winner. That number is...
What is two?
This man is the current vice president of the United States.
Who is J.D. Vance?
Most of the people who decided what our human rights are were from this part of the world.
What is the West (or Europe)?
This european country known for bread, cheese, and tall towers--and not known enough for colonialism--is Ms McNally's least favorite country.
What is France?
We have had 2 presidents who were tv famous before they were politically famous. Name either of them.
Who are Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump?
This is the name of the fictional country that we examined war crimes in during our human rights unit.
What is Dobado
The group of people who advise the president and run agencies are part of this special group.
What is the cabinet (I will also accept secretaries)
Every year, the Institute for Economics and Peace ranks countries according to their "global peace index". In 2025, these countries were considered the 10 least peaceful (100 points per correct, up to to guesses).
Myanmar, Mali, Israel, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ukraine, Russia.
Ms McNally has a secret skill you wouldn't expect--she's excellent at these quick alliterative "poems"
What are tongue twisters?
This 90s superhero show kept running into the 2020s, staring 5 colorful transformers.
What is power rangers?