Name ______________________________ Period ___
12 Week Exam Review
Roles of the President (pages 216-218) briefly describe/give an example of each role.
PRESIDENT
(Page 332 – 334) define interest groups and explain the three different types listed below.
______________________________________________________________________________
Single issue interest group ________________________________________________________
Economic interest group _________________________________________________________
Agricultural interest group ________________________________________________________
What is the purpose of a think-tank? ________________________________________________
What do lobbyists do? (Page 335) __________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
What are the seven different types of propaganda? Give an example of each. (Page 336)
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THE COURTS:
Jurisdiction (242, 244)
Original jurisdiction _____________________________________________________________
Appellate jurisdiction ____________________________________________________________
Majority opinion (245, 256) _______________________________________________________
Concurring opinion _____________________________________________________________
Dissenting opinion ______________________________________________________________
Define each of the following a write sentence explaining how each plays a role in resolving
conflicts by the use of our judicial system. (244-245)
Appeals ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Remanding ____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Precedent _____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Judicial Review (252) ___________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Label the chart for the US District Court, US Court of Appeals, & US Supreme Court. (245)
Type of jurisdiction
Type of jurisdiction
Type of jurisdiction
How is the process for the selection of NC judges different from the selection of Federal judges?
______________________________________________________________________________
Explain the organization of and the function of the NC Supreme Court (391-393, 395) ________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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VOCABULARY:
Mayflower Compact (35-37) ______________________________________________________
Code of Hammurabi (427) ________________________________________________________
Roman Law (427) ______________________________________________________________
English Law (428) ______________________________________________________________
Administrative law (434) _________________________________________________________
Civil law (431) _________________________________________________________________
Criminal law (431-432) __________________________________________________________
Statutory law (434) _____________________________________________________________
Constitutional law (434) _________________________________________________________
Common law (429) _____________________________________________________________
Initiative (301) _______________________________________________________________
Proposition (301) _______________________________________________________________
Referendum (301) ______________________________________________________________
Put in order these steps in a criminal proceeding (457- arrest, preliminary hearing, indictment, trial)
What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor?
______________________________________________________________________________
Rehabilitation (462) _____________________________________________________________
Plea bargaining (440) ____________________________________________________________
Recidivism ____________________________________________________________________
CONGRESS:
SENATE - _______ Senators
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES - _____ Reps.
Term Length: _____ Age Req. ______
Term Length: _____ Age Req. ______
Citizen for ____ years. ( NJ or VA plan?)
Citizen for ____ years. ( NJ or VA plan?)
Franking privilege (192) _________________________________________________________
Seniority system (182) ___________________________________________________________
Standing committee (181-182) ____________________________________________________
Conference committee (181-182) __________________________________________________
Joint committee (181-182) ________________________________________________________
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Pork Barrel Projects (196) ________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Put in order the steps of how a bill becomes a law. (199-202)
House of Representatives
Senate
1
4
2
5
3
6
7
9
Pocket Veto:
8
10 Days
Veto:
Enforcement of the law @Federal – state – local ______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
FEDERAL:
CIA __________________________________________________________________________
FBI __________________________________________________________________________
STATE:
SBI __________________________________________________________________________
State Highway Patrol ____________________________________________________________
National Guard _________________________________________________________________
Prisons _______________________________________________________________________
LOCAL:
Sheriff _______________________________________________________________________
Jails _________________________________________________________________________
Magistrates ____________________________________________________________________
Annexation ____________________________________________________________________
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Match the terms below with their definitions:
Bill of Attainder
Elastic Clause
Habeas Corpus
Federal System
Unconstitutional
Expost Facto
Checks and Balances
Supremacy Clause
Bill of Rights
1.
____________________ System where the power to govern is divided between national and state governments.
2.
____________________ Used by each branch of the government to keep the others “in their proper place.”
3.
____________________ Laws that would punish a person without a jury trial.
4.
____________________ Laws that would punish you for a something you did before it was illegal. (retroactive)
5.
____________________ Any law or act that contradicts or goes against part of the Constitution.
6.
____________________ Basic rights of US citizens outlined in the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution.
7.
____________________ The Constitution and the laws of the national government are the “law of the land.”
8.
____________________ Also the “Necessary and Proper Clause”, it expands power to meet new needs.
9.
____________________ The government cannot put you in jail unless they charge you with a crime.
Keeping each Branch in their “proper place!”: Which amendment, check and balance,
or limitation on government power, would keep each of the following from happening?
The President wants to appoint his son
to the Supreme Court
You are convicted of going ten miles
over the speed limit and are fined
$10,000
Congress passes a law that punishes
you for something you did two years
ago.
A Supreme Court Justice is caught
taking money from a major car
company that currently has a case in the
Supreme Court
The State of North Carolina decides to
form its own army, separate from the
U.S.
Congress makes a law regulating how
goods will be shipped from Charlotte to
Winston-Salem.
Congress passes a law allowing police
to search your home anytime they want.
You are denied the request to have a
lawyer for your murder trial
The state of Virginia begins to make its
own money.
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Write the number of the amendment that protects the following rights of each US citizens.
1.
____ Protects you from being forced to testify
against yourself in court.
9.
____ Keeps the government from establishing
(endorsing) a single religion.
2.
____ The right to bear arms.
3.
____ Protects you from illegal searches and
seizures.
10. ____ Gave the right to vote to former slaves
(Suffrage).
4.
____ Protects you from involuntary servitude or
slavery.
5.
____ Keeps you from paying excessive bail or
being subjected to cruel and unusual
punishment.
6.
____ Made it illegal to make or sell alcoholic
beverages (Prohibition).
7.
____ Gave women the right to vote (Suffrage).
15. ____ Freedom of speech and expression, and the
freedom to peaceably assemble in public.
8.
____ If the government takes your property for
public use they have to pay you for it.
16. ____ You can’t be tried twice for the same
crime.
11. ____ Gave the government the ability to tax your
income.
12. ____ Suffrage for 18 year.
13. ____ Limited the number of terms a President
could serve.
14. ____ Keeps you from having to quarter troops in
your home in time of peace.
The man in the cartoon represents a __________.
The Donkey (democrats) and Elephant
(republicans) have big eyes and folded hands
because they must be worried, or anxious, about
an up coming _______________.
What would be a good title for this cartoon?
________________________________________
________________________________________
The following pictures are illustrations of what? Fill in the blank.
Every ten years, after a US ___________, each state re-draws their congressional district lines in order to
have as many districts as they have members in the ___________ of ___________________. Sometimes
district lines are redrawn in order to give a particular group or persons and advantage in the next election.
This illegal redistricting practice is called _____________________.
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ECONOMICS
Read over the worksheet then complete it as you read pages 500 - 509 in your textbook.
The study of how we make decisions about how to satisfy our wants (things we would
_________ to have) and needs (required for ____________) because resources are limited, or
__________, is called _________________. Economics is divided into two branches, the
behavior of individuals and businesses called _____economics and the study about decisions
made by governments or whole industries, known as _____economics. We are forced to make
choices because we have ___________ wants and ___________ resources. This results in
_____________, where there are not enough resources to produce all the things we want or need.
Explain the three basic economic questions by giving examples of each.
WHAT to produce
HOW to produce
FOR WHOM to produce
When faced with an economic decision we must make a ______-_____. When you make tradeoff, you will be choosing one action, product, or choice over another. The actions, items or
choices that you DID NOT choose are your _____________ costs.
PRODUCTION: All businesses have costs. __________ costs remain the same no matter how
much you produce, like the rent you pay for your store. ___________ costs are the expenses that
change as the amount produced changes, like having to buy more tomatoes in order to produce
more sauce. The sum of all variable and fixed costs are the _________ costs. The additional
cost you pay in order to produce a 31st bicycle helmet (one more) is the ___________ cost.
SALES: The money a business makes from selling goods or services is its ________ revenue.
The amount of additional revenue a business would make from selling a 101st DVD (one
more) is the ______________ revenue.
Complete the following as you read pages 516 - 525 in your textbook.
Factors of Production: complete the chart for resources below and provide examples of each.
RESOURCE (Factor of Production)
Examples
__________ or Natural
__________ or Labor
__________ or Property
______________ or staring a new business
A __________ of production is a resource that has production ______________, meaning that it
can be turned or manufactured into many different goods or services. (see examples above)
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Vocabulary: Pages 524-525, 530
Productivity ___________________________________________________________________
Specialization __________________________________________________________________
Division of labor _______________________________________________________________
Competition ___________________________________________________________________
Profit Motive __________________________________________________________________
Economic Systems: Pages 528-531 and 716 - 719 in your textbook.
Type of
System
Author /
Founder
Writings /
Theory
Who answers
the 3 basic
economic
questions? /
Major Ideas /
Concepts
Market
Command
Mixed
John Keynes
“Wealth of Nations”
“Communist Manifesto”
Keynesian Theory
laissez faire:
Measuring the Economy, Monetary Policy: Pages 518, 642, 638, 664
One way to measure the size of the economy is the GDP or the ________ _____________
___________. This is the __________ dollar value of all final ________ and __________
produced in a country in a single year. Another way is the CPI or _____________ _________
___________. The CPI tracks or follows the changes in price of _______ products that are
commonly used by ______________. The CPI helps us determine the rate of ______________.
Draw and label the Business cycle below
Monetary Policy allows our government to
control the supply of _________ and the cost to
__________ it.
To increase the money supply:
To decrease the money supply:
Types of Business: complete the chart
below using pages 601-606 in your textbook
Business
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
Definition
Advantages /
Disadvantages
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Corporation