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Economist I (Worldwide Wobble)
Economist II (WW and Triumph of Vladimir Putin)
Constitution
Lecture I
Textbook
100
In the Economist: Back to the Basics, it describes the quick and mobile force NATO has implemented. What is the name of it?
What is NATO Response Force
100
Viktor Yanukovych rejected the EU deal and turned to Russia because the Russians offered what in hopes of luring Ukraine into Russian Eurasian customs union?
What is a $15 billion dollar loan and cheaper gas
100
Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution refers to the _________ powers.
What is Enumerated
100
How many NATO allies does Ukraine border?
What is 4
100
Congress has a ______ legislature.
What is bicameral
200
About how much does the farm bill cost all together over 10 years? (The Worldwide Wobble Pg. 27 Feb 8th) A) 1 billion B) 1 trillion C) 560 million D) 40 million E) 600 billion
What is B. 1 trillion
200
What has happened to TV news stations such as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC viewing rates during median prime-time audiences in the past 4 years, and why do many believe this is happening?
What is declining viewers because of people turning to the internet
200
The 28th amendment gives all citizens the right to vote without a poll tax. True or False.
What is false
200
What year was the Constitution ratified?
What is 1789
200
______ is a political system in which authority is divided between different levels of government (i.e. Federal and Regional)
What is Federalism
300
To help Americans buy coverage on new health "exchanges," Obamacare offers tax credits to those earning between ___ and 400% of the federal poverty line.
What is 100%
300
For the Sochi Olympics, Russia spent an estimated ___ dollars making the Sochi Olympics the most expensive in history.
What is 50 billion
300
Article 1 Section __ gives the President what right of legislature?
What is Veto Power
300
Which two amendments to the Constitution were added in 1913?
What is 16th and 17th
300
______ federalism is the federal system under which the national and state governments are responsible for separate policy areas.
What is Dual
400
Producing and using a barrel of Albertan oil emits ___ more greenhouse gas than the average barrel refined in the US.
What is 17%
400
Russia has hit the same problem as the Soviet Union did: it cannot grow by expanding what?
What is the labor force
400
Treason is defined in Article ___ Section ___.
What is Article 3 Section 3
400
In 2009 and 2013 the Russian Federation and Belarus held military exercises with almost 70,000 personnel participating. During these exercises, what did they simulate? (Two things)
What is invasion and occupation of the Baltic states, and a nuclear attack on Warsaw
400
There are two ways listed in the Constitution that an amendment may be proposed. What are they?
What is a two-thirds vote in each chamber of Congress and a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of state legislatures.
500
Since 2012 Mr. Hollande has sent troops to two areas to push back an incursion by Islamists tied to al-Qaeda and to halt "pre-genocidal" warfare. Where were the areas?
What is Mali and Central African Republic
500
For good measure, President Karzai insisted that America must start serious peace talks with whom, in which he added that if the Americans would not accept his conditions "they can leave anytime and we will continue our lives?"
What is the Taliban
500
Which Article explains the amendment process?
What is Article V
500
What is the CTBT and did the US ratify it?
What is Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; no
500
What are the differences between block and categorical grants?
What is Block grants are unspecific, whereas categorical are very specific restricted by detailed instructions.