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Midterm JeopardyGovernmentsThroughout
History
US and VAConstitutions
How to be Elected Federalism
The Legislative Branch at Last
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Governments Throughout
History
How many people rule in an oligarchy?
$100 Answer from Governments Throughout History
A small group of people(examples include an aristocracy,Military junta, and communist
Totalitarianism)(13)
$200 Question from Governments Throughout
History
What does it mean to have a federal type of government?
$200 Answer from Governments Throughout History
Government powers are split between the state and national governments
(3)
$300 Question from Governments Throughout
History
What does the term laisez-faire mean?
$300 Answer from Governments Throughout History
Hands Off – it means that government should not mess with the businesses of
capitalism(22)
$400 Question from Governments Throughout
History
What was the other name for the designers of the Constitution and merchants from larger cities from the colonies who were for the
ratification of the Constitution?
$400 Answer from Governments Throughout History
The Federalists(they eventually had to promise to include
the Bill of Rights to get it passed by the rest of the states)(59 and 63)
$500 Question from Governments Throughout
History
What do you call the least amount of people necessary to conduct a meeting
or session of government?
$500 Answer from Governments Throughout History
A quorum!(52)
$100 Question from US and VA Constitutions
Which amendment to the Constitution coversyour right to bare arms (own a gun)?
$100 Answer from US and VA Constitutions
The 2nd Amendment(73)
$200 Question from US and VA Constitutions
Where are the 6 goals of the US Constitution found?
$200 Answer from US and VA Constitutions
At the beginning/the Preamble!(67)
$300 Question from US and VA Constitutions
The US and VA Constitutions both createa 2 house legislature – What’s the other name for
a 2 house legislature?
$300 Answer from US and VA Constitutions
Bicameral Legislature(142)
$400 Question from US and VA Constitutions
What’s the usual method of ratifying/approvingof amendments to the US Constitution?
$400 Answer from US and VA Constitutions
By having ¾ of the state legislatures
approve it!(71)
$500 Question from US and VA Constitutions
Which amendment protects you fromcruel and unusual punishment?
$500 Answer from US and VA Constitutions
8th amendment(73)
$100 Question from How to be Elected
What type of 3rd party did the Republicans startoff as?
$100 Answer from How to be Elected
Splinter Party(which breaks off from a larger party)
(93)
$200 Question from How to be Elected
Which state usually goes firstin the primaries?
$200 Answer from How to be Elected
New Hampshire
(154)
$300 Question from How to be Elected
What are a party’s principles, beliefs, and positions on an issue called?
$300 Answer from How to be Elected
A platform!(158)
$400 Question from How to be Elected
Who won the popular vote in the 2000 Election?
$400 Answer from How to be Elected
Al Gore(George Bush won the electoral vote)
(174 and 175)
$500 Question from How to be Elected
What is the name of the commission that keeps track of all of the financial contributions
given to political parties and candidates?
$500 Answer from How to be Elected
The Federal Election Commission/FEC(167)
$100 Question from Federalism
What’s the idea of splitting up powersbetween national and local and state
governments called?
$100 Answer from Federalism
Federalism(114)
$200 Question from Federalism
Name one thing that all states have to recognize amongst each other due to the “full faith and credit”
portion of the Constitution?
$200 Answer from Federalism
Driver’s Licenses
Mortgages/Deeds
Judgments to Pay a Debt(124)
$300 Question from Federalism
Who needs to absolutely needs to approve a territory before it becomes a
state?
$300 Answer from Federalism
Congress (made up of the Senate and House of Rep.)
(129)
$400 Question from Federalism
What type of election is it when the citizens of an area are so unhappy with their representative
that they call for another election to replace him/her?
$400 Answer from Federalism
Recall Election(135)
$500 Question from Federalism
What is the name for someone who carries outpublic policy?
$500 Answer from Federalism
A bureaucrat (a technocrat specializes in a particular area
of public policy)(132)
$100 Question from The Legislative Branch at Last
How many Senators per state?
$100 Answer from The Legislative Branch at Last
2!(191)
$200 Question from The Legislative Branch at Last
What party controls the Senate currently?
$200 Answer from The Legislative Branch at Last
The Democrats(193)
(The Republicans control the House of Representatives
(183)
$300 Question from The Legislative Branch at Last
How long is a senator’s term?
$300 Answer from The Legislative Branch at Last
6 Years(a House of Rep. member’s term is 2 years)
(192, 189)
$400 Question from The Legislative Branch at Last
What helps determine how many representatives each state has in the
House of Representatives?
$400 Answer from The Legislative Branch at Last
The Census(185)
$500 Question from The Legislative Branch at Last
I’m a former Republican presidential candidate who is against “soft money” (the idea that a
single business can contribute as much as theywant to a political party for “organizational
activities”) – Who am I?
$500 Answer from The Legislative Branch at Last
Senator John McCain (R)
(166)
Final Jeopardy Question
In what month is Inauguration Day?
Final Jeopardy Answer
January(173)