Conflict Resolution
These are the 4 conflict resolution techniques
negotiate, persuade, compromise, consensus build
One sided
Bias
These are the five basic principles of government
federalism, sep of powers, checks and bal, lim government, pop sov
"...That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
Pop sov
Shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant, Yeet and pumpkin spice are five of the 370 words and phrases that Merriam-Webster added to its WHAT this month?
dictionary
This is the most common attempted form of conflict resolution
persuasion
Two sources have wildly different statistics. Which credibility requirement would fail?
Consistency
The 19th amendment extended the right to vote to women. This principle is directly impacted as a result.
pop sov
“House panel approves impeachment inquiry rules” CNN headline, September 12, 2019. Which of the following basic principles is reflected in the headline?
Checks and balances
A teenager from Lebanon put his memory to the test and broke a world record by correctly identifying all of the world's national flags in HOW MANY minutes flat?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6
B
Prior to the Civil War the abolitionists and pro-slavery congress agreed to admit one more pro slave state - Missouri, and one more free state - Maine. This is the conflict resolution technique attempted.
Compromise
Identify the credibility requirements
Relevancy, Bias, Circumstances, Qualifications, Consistency Sources
Identify three checks in our government.
open response
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Which of the following basic principles is created by the quote above?
Federalism
Utility officials in Virginia said 10,000 customers, including at least two schools, were without power for over an hour last week when a WHAT came into contact with substation equipment?
squirrel
The drafting of the Declaration of Independence illustrated all characteristics of conflict resolution. Explain how it reflects two of them.
negotiate - arriving at an agreement on the text
consensus build - drafting among the members who attended
persuade - those individuals trying to get Thomas Jefferson to add specific details
Which of the following would be the most fair assessment of the Biden White House?
A) Jill Biden (Joe's wife)
B) The Press Secretary
C) A journalist writing a book about the White House
C
"Power must be designed to stop power." - Montesquieu. Which two principles help reinforce this Enlightenment philosophy.
Sep of powers and checks and balances
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Which of the following principles is reflected in the First Amendment?
Limited government
A Maryland woman used her old WHAT number to enter the Maryland Lottery's Pick 5 drawing and ended up winning the $50,000 prize?
license plate
Give 1 real world example of each of the conflict resolution techniques
open response.
This is the best part of wikipedia to use.
Sources at the end.
"Powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states." Tenth amendment. The amendment directly impacts this basic principle.
Federalism
What occurred as a result of the key provisions of the coercive acts listed below? "1. Boston will be closed to all shipping until payment is made for the destroyed tea. 2. The King will now appoint officers and judges to the colony's courts. 3. Serious crimes will be brought to trial in England. 4. Thomas Hutchinson will replace the elected governor of Massachusetts."
Declaration of Independence
Chichi, a WHAT that escaped from a Ukrainian zoo, was returned to the facility on a zookeeper's bike?
chimpanzee