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Vocabulary
100
A large part of the government's money comes from these
What are taxes
100
This is the person who runs for a government office.
What is a candidate
100
Who do cities depend on for local safety and protection?
local police departments
100
What are the people who are not in the military known as?
civilians
100
Something that eighteen year olds ought to do so that they can have a say in their government
What is registration or register
200
Who plans the budget and who approves it?
The president plans the budget and the Congress approves it.
200
This is a political party's plan of action
What is a platform
200
What kinds of the FBI stand for and what kind of cases do they deal with?
cases that involve the federal government
200
This group of people decides some one's guilt or innocence.
impartial jury
200
This is the amount of money earned after bills are paid
What is profit
300
how much is the national debt in the US?
billions of dollars
300
what are the two main political parties in the US?
repulicans and democrats
300
What does the CIA stand for and what kinds of things is is intelligence information used for?
Its used to make military and foreign policy decisions
300
Explain what a balanced budget is.
A plan for spending where the money spent does not exceed the money brought in
300
The Federal government has to make one of these every year to decide how much money should go towards different programs including military and education
What is the budget
400
What is the difference between progressive and regressive taxes?
progressive - varies depending on ability of the person to pay, regressive - taxes are the same for everyone
400
What is a political party that is not republican or democrat? Give an example
third party - green party, tea party, American Independent Party
400
What is the largest branch of the military and what do they do?
It's the army and they fight on land
400
Individuals with businesses can decide what to charge for these two things.....
goods and services
400
This the economic system of the United States and allows people to earn profits and chose what ever careers they want
What is Capitalism
500
What do taxes go towards?
defense, social security, education, national debt government expenses, highways, post offices, parks
500
Give at least 4 reasons people would chose not to vote.
may not know enough about issues or candidates, feel one vote doesn't matter, both candidates are either bad or good and which wins doesn't matter, some cannot go because of disabilities
500
What are the three branches of the military and what do each of them do? What is one thing they all have in common
They are all volunteery, women serve in all branches, must be eighteen. Amry - ground force Navy - sea force Air Force - first line of defense, fight in air
500
How do candidates running for election communicate with voters? (3 ways)
Through speeches, tv advertisements, letters, mail propaganda
500
Daily Double - In a free enterprise system (capitalitst) we can chose how we earn money, can own property, and start our own business. The government is not supossed to interfere, but what are four ways that it helps protect us
gov. spends millions of dollars on social security, medical care, aid to needy and people with disabilities; gov helps control foreign trade by taxing imports; gov. is one of the largest consumers; and gov. passes laws to protect consumers such as food safety, drug safety, toy safety, etc.