Economics
This term describes the problem of having unlimited wants but limited resources.
What is scarcity?
This is the process of reading and understanding information presented in charts or graphs.
What is interpreting data?
This system of government allows citizens to vote directly on laws and decisions.
What is a direct democracy?
This is the step where a reader carefully describes what is happening in the cartoon before making meaning.
What is observation?
This principle divides government power into three separate branches.
What is separation of powers?
This occurs when buyers want more of a product than is available at a certain price.
What is a shortage?
This is something you can directly point to in a graph without making a guess.
What is a data point?
This system is led by a king or queen whose power is inherited.
What is a monarchy?
This occurs when an object in the cartoon represents a larger idea or concept.
What is symbolism?
This system allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the others.
What are checks and balances?
This type of incentive encourages behavior by offering a reward.
What is a positive incentive?
This occurs when a reader uses evidence from data to draw a logical conclusion.
What is making an inference?
This system is controlled by one leader who holds power for a long period of time and limits citizen participation.
What is a dictatorship?
This is the overall idea or opinion the cartoon is expressing about an issue.
What is the cartoon’s message?
This branch of government is responsible for creating laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This describes the relationship between how much of a good is available and how much people want it.
What is supply and demand?
This describes a pattern or change shown in data over time.
What is a trend?
This system allows citizens to vote for representatives who make decisions on their behalf.
What is a democratic republic?
This describes how a cartoonist makes certain features larger or more extreme to emphasize a point.
What is exaggeration?
This branch is responsible for carrying out and enforcing laws.
What is the executive branch?
This occurs when producers increase the amount of goods they are willing to sell at different prices.
What is an increase in supply?
This occurs when someone makes a conclusion that is not supported by the data shown.
What is an unsupported claim?
This type of government limits political opposition, restricts media, and concentrates power in a small group.
what is a communist government?
This occurs when a reader uses clues from the cartoon to understand its deeper meaning
What is drawing a conclusion?
This power allows courts to decide whether laws follow the Constitution.
What is judicial review?