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| How many people live in the United States? |
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| What is the official language of the United States? |
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| When did America declare its independance? |
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| What two entities make up the U.S. Congress? |
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| Senate, House fo Representatives |
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| How many members are in each of the entities of the U.S. Congress? |
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Senate:50
House of Representatives:435 |
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| What type of economy does the U.S. have? |
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| What is the current unemployment rate in the U.S.? |
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| What is the current GDP growth rate in the U.S.? |
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| What is the current national debt for the U.S.? |
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| What is the current poverty rate for the U.S.? |
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| What percent of the U.S. economy is made up by government activity? |
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| What are the top three ethnic minorities in the U.S.? |
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| Black, Asian American, Hispanic |
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| What % of US citizens over 25 have grad. highschool? |
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| What % of US citizens over 25 have earned a bach. degree? |
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| What party controls the US federal government? |
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| How many independants currently serve in Congress? |
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| What % of workers in the US belong to unions? |
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| What is the largest religious demonination in the US? |
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| What are the top three non-Christian belief categories in the US? |
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| Careful, deliberate determination of whether to accept, reject, or suspend judgement about a claim |
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| Name three aspects of critical thinking |
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| Questinion everything, know what you are questioning, ask what the inplications are |
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| Name two things that will amke your commmunication more clear and direct |
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| Being precise, avoiding being vague |
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| What is the formal name for valid reasoning? |
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| Who is the cheif justuce of the U.S. Supreme Court? |
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| Who does the burden of proof rest on? |
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| The maker of an extraordianry claim |
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| What logical fallacy involves narrowing down all of reality to only two opposing choices? |
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| What logical fallacy argues that one step in a particular direction NECESSARILY leads to more extreme actions in the same direction? |
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| Define the word "theory" in a scientific context |
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| set of statements to explain a phenomena that is accepted and can be used to predict other phenomena |
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| How many of the world's countries are classified as developoing? |
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| Name 3 characteristics of developing nations. |
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| Grinding poverty, mostly non-white, above average population grwoth |
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| Name three of the features commonly associated with modern democracies |
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| middle class, freedom of communicaiton, a market economy |
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| Name two of the motivations of development |
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| Social and economic barriers |
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| What is a key social obstacle that developing countries face |
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| Name two of the psychological barriers that face developing nations |
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| fatalism, dependance on tradition |
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| Name three of the economic barriers that developing nations face |
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| Unfavorable terms of trade, rising foreign debt, low level of tech |
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| What is the difference between comparitive politics and internation relations |
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| Comparitive politics examines political activities within nations, internation politics concerns relations between countries. |
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| Who gets what, when, and how |
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| name the two political processes |
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| name three of the factors that cause conflict in the political spectrum |
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| power, resources, identity |
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| Name three factors in globalization |
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| What is the name for the differences in the ways men and women think and vote in the aggregate? |
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| Name at least three factors that influence the beliefs and values that a person develops. |
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| Gender, religion, the law |
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| What are the two dimensions which public opinion is measured on? |
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| What is it called when politicians form policies based on how they think the public will respond? |
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| The rule of anticipation reactions |
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| What do we call the extent to which citizens give their primary political loyalties to their nation rather than to a particular subgroup within that nation? |
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| What is the name for the process whereby citizens develop values, attitudes, beliefs, and opinions that enable them to support the political system? |
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| What is the name for the collective political attitudes, values, feelings, information and skills of the people in a society? |
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| Name three forms of legal political participation. |
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| Conventional, organizational, and professional participation |
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| Name three forms of illegal political participation. |
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| Terrorism, sedition, subversion |
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| What is the name for the aggregate of citizen preferences and judgments that influence the decisions and policies of government officials? |
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| What are the three major political ideologies in the U.S.? |
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| liberal, conservative, moderate |
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| Which ideology are people most likely to call themselves in the U.S.? |
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| What form of government does the U.S. have |
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| How many Supreme Court justices are there in the U.S.? |
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| Who proposes constitutional amendments in the U.S.? |
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| Who approves constitutional amendments in the U.S.? |
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| When did women get the right to vote in the U.S.? |
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| When did African-Americans get the right to vote in the U.S.? |
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| Who is the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? |
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| Who is the president pro-tem of the U.S. Senate? |
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| How much is the US annual budget? |
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| Name two American entitlement programs |
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| food stamps, social security, medicare |
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| What is the difference between a deficit and a debt? |
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| Debt is the cumulative total of all annual deficits combined |
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| What is the U.S. federal government's largest source of income? |
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| What do we call the use of government spending or taxation to alter the national economy? |
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| What do we call the interaction of economy and politics on each other? |
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| What type of tax has a disproportionately negative effect on poorer people? |
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| What percentage of taxes in the U.S. are paid by corporations? |
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| Who primarily benefits from welfare programs? |
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| Name two of the problems created by corporate welfare |
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| fosters corruption, programs conflict |
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| What type of government attempts to control all aspects of the political and social life of a nation? |
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| How do governments get people to achieve acceptance of its policies and compliance with its laws? |
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| In what classification does government own little or no industry and redistributes relatively little in the form of welfare programs? |
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| Name three elements of nationhood |
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| Territory, population, and government |
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| A comprehensive set of beliefs about government or politics |
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| Name two right-wing ideologies |
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| Modern conservatism, religious right |
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| Name two left-wing ideologies |
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| Democratic socialism, modern liberalism |
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| What is the name for one who adheres strictly to an ideology and holds their beliefs with great intensity? |
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| Name two right-wing ideologies that are largely unique to the United States. |
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| Religious right, neoconservatism |
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| Name three of the functions that ideologies serve. |
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| serves in understanding the behavior of citizins and government. Helps us to decide how we feel on political issues, shapes the political community |
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| What was the first constitution of the United States? |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| When was the first constitution of the U.S. passed? |
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| When was the current U.S. Constitution passed? |
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| What part of the U.S. Constitution is the Bill of Rights? |
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| When was the U.S. Bill of Rights passed? |
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| How many articles are in the U.S. Constitution? |
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| How many constitutional amendments have been passed in the U.S.? |
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| When was the last amendment added to the U.S. Constitution? |
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| What does Article I of the U.S. Constitution cover? |
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| What does Article II of the U.S. Constitution cover |
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| What does Article III of the U.S. Constitution cover |
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| What does Article IV of the U.S. Constitution cover |
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| What does Article V of the U.S. Constitution cover |
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| What does Article VI of the U.S. Constitution cover |
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| What does Article VII of the U.S. Constitution cover |
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| What are enumerated powers? |
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| powers specifically listed |
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| powers which are not explicite |
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| What level of government is given the most power in the U.S. Constitution? |
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| What is the purpose of a constitution? |
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| set up form of government |
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| How old is the constitution? |
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