Intro to Government, Voting, and Elections Review

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Intro to Government,Voting, and Elections
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• A system of government where power is shared
  between the central government and the state
  government
• Federal

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• Group of people who cast the official vote for
  the presidency
• Electoral College

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• A country that has a government where the power
  is held by the people is said to have a
• Democracy

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• True or FalseAn alien of a country is a person
  in that country illegally
• False

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• To attempt to influence a government official
• Lobby

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• What is it called when only one person has all
  of the power within a government?
• Dictatorship

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• A conservative is more likely to be a member of
  what party?
• Republican

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• Who is least likely to vote out of the following
  group 75 year old male with a HS degree 45
  year old female college dropout 20 year old HS
  graduate
• 20 year old HS graduate

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• An election where voters select people to hold
  an office
• General election

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• If the U.S. decides to change or add to the
  Constitution it is called _______ the
  Constitution.
• Amending

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• Name one thing that the government provides in
  the U.S.
• Public schools, roads, mail service, military
  defense, laws, social programs, etc.

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• What does suffrage mean?
• Right to vote

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• What do we call a political party that is
  neither the Republican nor the Democratic party?
• Third party

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• When is the general election held in the United
  States?
• First Tuesday after the first Monday of November

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• What type of democracy is the U.S. government?
• Representative democracy

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• List the requirements to be eligible to vote in
  the United States
• 18 years old
• Resident of the state for a specified period of
  time
• U.S. citizen

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• Who selects the President if there is no
  majority in the Electoral College? Vice
  President?
• House of Representatives Senate

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• What is the most essential act by citizens who
  live in a democracy?
• Voting

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• What are the three levels of government in the
  United States?
• Federal, State, Local

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• Name the three branches of the U.S. Government
  and name the function of each.
• Legislative Make laws
• Executive Enforce laws
• Judicial Interpret laws

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• A vote where the government asks the people to
  vote on a specific issue
• Referendum

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• Name the five types of local government.
• County, City, Township, Town, School District

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• A special election where voters can remove a
  public official from office before his/her term
  is finished
• Recall

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• Type of government where the legislative branch
  chooses the executive
• Parliamentary

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• Name two different ways to become a citizen of
  the United States.
• Right of birth Born in the U.S. or to parents
  who are U.S. citizens
• Naturalization

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• Word that means to have two legislative houses
• bicameral

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• If you are going to be out of town on election
  day, you can still vote by using one of these
• Absentee ballot

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• What is the name given to a government that has
  all of its power located in the central
  government?
• Unitary

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• In this type of primary election, you must
  declare your party before you enter the voting
  booth
• Closed

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• The person who currently holds an office is
  called the _________.
• Incumbent

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• How many electoral votes are needed to win the
  presidency?
• 270

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• What group makes up the legislative branch at
  the federal level and how is it divided?
• Congress
• House of Representatives Senate

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• What type of economic system does the U.S. have?
• Capitalist

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• Name two duties (requirement) of U.S. citizens
• Obey the laws
• Pay taxes
• Defend the nation
• Serve in court
• Attend school

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• I tend to support government action in some
  areas, but I reject it in other areas of lifeI
  could most aptly be classified on the political
  spectrum as a __________.
• Moderate

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• What is it called when citizens hold the power
  to rule and make laws and they elect people to
  govern on their behalf.
• Representative democracy

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• Which political party tends to be a little more
  liberal?
• Democratic party

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• The supreme power to govern
• Sovereignty

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• What is the power distribution within a
  government called when there is a separation of
  power within that governmentexample Executive
  and Legislative elected separately
• Presidential System