Government Decision Making
Political Behavior and Voting
State and Local Government
100
whats the difference between domestic and foreign policy?
What is domestic is problems/relations inside borders and foreign is relations/problems outside country borders
100
define bias
What is your belief on something because of your religion, background, and opinions
100
where does the local government get its power?
What is from the states
200
what is revenue and what does it mean if a nation is in a deficit?
What is the country's income and the country spends more than it brings in
200
what word means a political nominee's stance on a certain topic
What is platform
200
true or false: the state government system greatly varies from the federal government?
What is false
300
define fiscal policy and what does the nation have to perform fiscal policy?
What is adjusting the government's spending levels based on the economy etc. and federal buget
300
what are the two main political parties
What is democratic and republican
300
what are concurrent powers?
What is powers shared by state and federal governments
400
what word means money set aside for a specific purpose?
What is appropriation
400
what are on the ends of the political spectrum
What is democratic/liberal and republican/conservative
400
what are reserved powers?
What is powers that are for the federal government but not written down
500
what are the 6 steps of the federal budget process?
What is 1. president creates budget proposal 2.house and senate separately come up with their plans 3. house and senate come together 4. house and senate appropriations committees separately come up with plan 5. appropriations committees come together 6. presidents decides whether or not to approve bills
500
what type of party system do we have?
What is 2 part
500
what are delegated powers?
What is powers specifically written and given to the federal government in the constitution