Interest Groups
Name at least 2 different Interest Groups.
National Potato Council
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
Bias
Type of tax that you pay on the things that you buy.
Sales
Minimum governmental involvement in economic affairs.
Laissez Faire
Which branch makes the laws?
Legislative
What is the term for the aggregation of views shared by a segment of society on issues of interest or concern to people?
Public Opinion
In Missouri this is conducted in August and narrows the list of candidates from each party to 1 for that party.
Primary Election
Special tax that was put on items such as gasoline and tobacco.
Excise Tax
Economic and political system in which the government owns all property and controls economic planning. Have authoritarian governments
Communism
Which branch enforces the laws?
Executive
The choices the government makes and the actions it takes in response to a particular issue or problem.
Public Policy
Fair treatment through the normal judicial system.
Due Process
Basic retirement program run by the government.
Social Security
Who came up with the ideas for communism?
Karl Marx
What county has one major political party?
China
Name 2 of the functions of interest groups.
Endorsing Candidates. Lobbying. Informing Public Opinion. Filing Lawsuits
Provide money to campaigns in support of interest groups.
PACs
Name 3 things that the government provides for us.
Roads, schools, military
Answers the questions by custom. People get to choose. Hunting and gathering societies, very simple form of economy
Traditional
Which country has more than 2 political parties?
Japan, Australia
Basic set of ideas and goals about society and the role of government that its members and supporters generally share.
Party Ideology
This type of economy requires government control over all aspects of the economy.
Command
Government's medical program.
Medicare
Individuals and business make most economic decisions. Base on the needs and desires of the people
Market
These were papers written in support of the new constitution.