This is the most common form of political participation.
What is voting?
100
This means you cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
What is double jeopardy?
100
This supreme court case legalized abortion.
What is Roe v Wade?
100
In terms of presidential succession, this person comes after the VP.
What is Speaker of the House?
100
The number of representatives in the house is determined by this.
What is population (or the census)?
200
This is how you get called for jury duty.
What is registering to vote or applying for a drivers licenses/ID?
200
These are powers that are shared by the national and state governments.
What are concurrent powers?
200
This court case makes police say your rights to you if you are arrested.
What is Miranda v Arizona?
200
An impeachment trial is held here.
What is the Senate?
200
This is the structure (or type) of democracy we have in the US.
What is representative democracy?
300
These are the two houses of the California legislature.
What is the senate and the assembly?
300
One layer of government is to unicameral as two or more layers of government is to
What is a federal government?
300
This court case established that the federal government has supremacy over the state and cannot be taxed out of existence.
What is McCulloch v Maryland?
300
California's chief executive is called this.
What is a Governor?
300
These are the two requirements for voting.
What is age of 18 and registration?
400
This is the largest political boundary inside the state of California.
What is a county?
400
This amendment gives you the right not to testify against yourself in court.
What is the 5th amendment?
400
This court case established your right to an attorney in court. The government has to provide one for you.
What is Gideon v Wainright?
400
A veto can only be overridden by this number of votes in each house of congress.
What is a 2/3 vote?
400
In California we have this system so that people can have special elections to vote on issues of importance (for example, we voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal use).
What are propositions?
500
In this type of election, candidates are selected for a runoff election.
What is a primary election?
500
When someone is sent to another state or country to stand trial.
What is extradition?
500
This court case established judicial review (the courts right to interpret the constitution).
What is Marbury v Madison?
500
Ratification of a US amendment to the constitution requires this number of yes votes from the states.
What is a 3/4 vote?
500
In a parliamentary system, this officeholder is chosen by the legislature.