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GOVT 2305 Test #4 Review Quiz
GOVT 2305 Test #4 Review Quiz
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A #reviewgame for #govt2305 at #tcc.
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1
Which of the following are TRUE about social security AND medicare?
the more you make, the more benefits you get
you always get what you need to get by
they are both going to get less expensive over time
rich ppl get more $, more than any1 gets from welfare ever.
2
If the economy is slow and people don't have jobs, how do we use fiscal policy to fix it?
government fires everyone
create jobs
government spends money
government raises interest rates
3
When a recession happens, how do you follow the advice of John Maynard Keynes?
Government shuts down the economy
Government raised interest rates
Government spends money
Tax cuts for rich people
4
Which of the following is false re: the cold war?
there was never a hot war between the US and USSR
the power structure was bipolar
the power structure was unipolar
we did containment as our policy plan
5
Since the cold war is over (yay), what is our biggest concern re: nuclear weapons?
reducing the number of them
terrorists getting their hands on them
making more of them
making more efficient nukes
6
Who lowers or raises the amount of income taxes you pay as a US citizen?
Congress+the President
The Federal Reserve
Congress
Supreme Court
7
Isolationism to interventionism described our foreign policy when?
After WWII to Vietnam
Between the Civil War and WWI
After WWI to after WWII
Vietnam to the Gulf War
8
The US government has been what w/ regard to its relationship with business v labor?
Supported labor more
Support neither
Supported business more
Supported both the same
9
What is the LEAST likely thing a politician would do (w/legislation) to reduce global warming?
Regulate energy sources
Encourage you to recycle
Reduce emissions
Build sea walls
10
What weapons are included in the "nuclear triad"?
neither--weapons are bad, man. peace.
bombers
both
land and sub missiles
11
When the government spends more than it takes in in taxes, what happens?
trade surplus
budget surplus
trade deficit
budget deficit
12
Supply side/trickle down economics means what re: the government?
Help out employees
Help out businesses
Help out taxpayers
Help out no one
13
What did we learn from our long, messy war in Vietnam?
communists are just better soldiers
use nukes more
you can't always get what you want
people don't like wars
14
How would you characterize US trade?
trade deficit every year=$300 billion
no trade surplus since 1975
neither
both
15
How do we measure success in an unconventional war like in Iraq?
number of enemies killed
buildings blown up
planes stolen
winning the support of local Iraqis
16
The program that tied federal funds for schools to test scores on standardized test is called
Better Teachers, Better Kids
School Choice Program
No Child Left Behind
No Student Left Behind
17
In late 2014, which countries did we bomb, because there was a radical Sunni group there?
Iraq and Afghanistan
Syria and Iraq
Syria and Lebanon
Iraq and Egypt
18
Which of the following statements are TRUE about Medicare?
it is funded by taxes
both answers
neither answers
most Americans don't support its existence
19
Stopping the USSR taking over the world by using force was the US doing what?
Deterrence
Isolationism
Containment
Lend Lease
20
When a government helps out a business, it can do which of the following?
Both
Tax breaks
Neither
Builds interstates that get people from place to place
21
Where does the money for social security come from?
The taxes you buy when you buy a new car.
The taxes you pay while you work at a job
The taxes you pay when you buy stuff at the store.
The taxes you pay when you own a home.
22
Why do we need to reform social security?
Because of our two political parties
No one likes it
It's becoming insolvent ($$$ is running out)
Grandma and grandpa stopped voting
23
Too much money in circulation is an example of which specific kind of policy?
Monetary
Economic
Fiscal
Supply-side
24
What is a social insurance program?
You get $$$ when you lose your job.
You get $$$ for food.
You get money for healthcare.
You pay taxes while u work and then u get $$$ when u retire.
25
What do a lot of Americans believe about people on welfare?
they don't like working
they are probably too stupid to get a job
they just need to try harder to find a job
they are scamming the government
26
How does the government get involved in the economy in the US today?
Regulates privately owned businesses
It stays out completely
It sets what jobs you can get
It only gets involved during a downturn
