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Another word for country. Sovereign territory
with people and boundaries.
State
TERM 2
There are about ___ states presently existing
in the world today.
DEFINITION 2
TERM 3
A group of people. Dutch, Cherokees,
Serbians, etc.
DEFINITION 3
Nation
TERM 4
The United State has this type of Democracy
DEFINITION 4
Representative
TERM 5
This provides the supreme law for the United
States
DEFINITION 5
US Constitution
Institution through which the state makes and
enforces laws that are binding on the people
Government
TERM 7
The study of government and politics
DEFINITION 7
Political Science
TERM 8
No Government
DEFINITION 8
Anarchy
TERM 9
According to Scripture: Two key
responsibilities of government
DEFINITION 9
Do good, Punish Evil
TERM 10
A political movement fighting for an
independant Palestine
DEFINITION 10
Hezbullah or Hamas
System of government where powers are
shared between central and local
governments.
Federalism
TERM 17
Powers are shared by the federal government
and the states
DEFINITION 17
Concurrent
TERM 18
Powers that are directly stated in the
Constitution
DEFINITION 18
Expressed
TERM 19
The Umpire over all disputes regarding the
interpretation of the Constitution.
DEFINITION 19
Supreme Court
TERM 20
One house would be based on population and
in the other each state gets two seats.
DEFINITION 20
Great Compromise
Anti-federalists feared....
too much central power
TERM 22
One of the democratic principles borrowed
from our heritage
DEFINITION 22
Representative Governement
TERM 23
The Great compromise is best summed up by
this democratic principle
DEFINITION 23
Equality
TERM 24
Power to tax. Federal or State?
DEFINITION 24
Both
TERM 25
Power to charter banks.
DEFINITION 25
Both
Propaganda technique: Lebron calls a public
press conference to announce his support of
Obama for President.
Testimonial
TERM 32
Propaganda technique: "We need to whip
inflation now!"
DEFINITION 32
Glittering Generality
TERM 33
Propaganda technique: Throwing a football
around between campaign stops.
DEFINITION 33
Plainfolks
TERM 34
Most interest groups have one of these;
allows the money to flow from special
interests.
DEFINITION 34
PAC- political action committee
TERM 35
When the party in control of a state's
legislature tries to redistrict in a way as to
provide advantage to their party.
DEFINITION 35
Gerrymandering
An agreement between our president and
another world leader.
Executive agreement
TERM 37
An agreement between the US and another
country that must be approved by the Senate
DEFINITION 37
Treaty
TERM 38
A trait common to the great presidents
DEFINITION 38
Passion for action, quality appointments
TERM 39
According to historians, a great president is
DEFINITION 39
Lincoln or Franklin Roosevelt
TERM 40
According to historians, poor presidents are
DEFINITION 40
Warren Harding and Ulysses Grant
Helps the President to manage scenes of
natural disasters
FEMA
TERM 47
The first president to use television
advertising
DEFINITION 47
Dwight Eisenhower
TERM 48
According to historians, who is the best
President in our history
DEFINITION 48
Abraham Lincoln
TERM 49
Took on Nixon and won in the Great Debate of
1960. Illustrated that image can be far more
important than words
DEFINITION 49
JFK,
TERM 50
The three major functions of Congress
DEFINITION 50
Lawmaking, Representing the people, Investigating
Leads the democrats in the House of
Representatives
Minority Leader
TERM 52
Congress may override a presidential veto by
this margin:
DEFINITION 52
two-thirds
TERM 53
Has the power to declare
war
DEFINITION 53
Congress
TERM 54
Major power is in the hands of a few instead
of being shared by all
DEFINITION 54
House
TERM 55
These congress persons represent smaller
constituencies
DEFINITION 55
House
Free postage for business use; one of the
perks of a member of Congress
franking
TERM 62
They act as an assistant floor leader who
track how party members are voting and
make sure members are present.
DEFINITION 62
Whips
TERM 63
Our 3rd District Representative to the House
of Representatives
DEFINITION 63
Justin Amash
TERM 64
Our rookie US Senator, a democrat
DEFINITION 64
Gary Peters
TERM 65
Our Senior US Senator, a democrat, won a
third term in 2012
DEFINITION 65
Debbie Stabanow
President of the Senate
Vice President (Joe Biden)
TERM 67
When the VP is absent, this person is the
presiding officer in the US Senate
DEFINITION 67
President Pro Tempore (Orrin Hatch)
TERM 68
The Speaker of the House
DEFINITION 68
most powerful legislative position in the Congress-
Paul Ryan
TERM 69
Michigan's major trial
circuit
DEFINITION 69
Circuit Court
TERM 70
Small Claims court hears this type of law
DEFINITION 70
Civil
Each state has how many senators
TERM 77
Citizens over this age are one of the best
voter turnout groups
DEFINITION 77
TERM 78
Those at or just above this age or the worst
turnout for voting
DEFINITION 78
TERM 79
The number of members in the US House of
Representatives
DEFINITION 79
TERM 80
The number of electoral votes awarded to
Washington D.C and the least populated
states.
DEFINITION 80
This amendment gave women the rights to
vote
19th Amendment
TERM 82
This amendment protects right to assemble,
and free speech, and religion
DEFINITION 82
1st amendment
TERM 83
The number of justices that sit on the US
Supreme Court
DEFINITION 83
9th amendment
TERM 84
The number of electoral votes needed to win
the presidency
DEFINITION 84
TERM 85
You plead this amendment if you wish to
avoid giving testimony on your own trial
DEFINITION 85
5th amendment
Each state is guaranteed how many seats in
the US House
TERM 92
Each house Representative represents how
many people
DEFINITION 92
TERM 93
Impoundment
DEFINITION 93
Refusing to spend federal money
TERM 94
Executive order
DEFINITION 94
a rule issued by the president
TERM 95
Executive privelege
DEFINITION 95
Right of president or high officials
Which of the three branches includes the
federal bureaucracy?
Executive
TERM 97
What keeps control over the governments
thirst for power and control
DEFINITION 97
US Constitution
TERM 98
Ruled by a few people
DEFINITION 98
Oligarchy
TERM 99
Ruled by one with a dictatorship
DEFINITION 99
autocracy
TERM 100
McCulloch vs. Maryland
DEFINITION 100
Federal gov't is stronger than state gov't.
