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Units 1 & 4 Review Game - Intro to Government/Voting & Elections
Units 1 & 4 Review Game - Intro to Government/Voting & Elections
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Review game for Unit 1: Introduction to Government & Unit 4: Voting and Elections
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If you are going to be out of town on election day, you can still vote by using one of these…
Recall Vote
Referendum
Absentee Ballot
Cell phone
2
In this type of primary election,you must declare your party before you enter the voting booth
Caucus
Blanket
Closed
Open
3
What type of democracy is the U.S. government?
Fascist
Totalitarian
Direct
Representative
4
When citizens hold the power to make laws & they elect people to govern on their behalf.
Monarchy
A Bad Move
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
5
A vote where the government asks the people to vote on a specific issue to make it a law.
Caucus
Recall
General Election
Referendum
6
A country that has a government where the power is held by the people is said to have a…
Oligarchy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Democracy
7
Which branch enforces the law?
Democratic
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
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Which branch interprets the law?
Executive
Judicial
North
Legislative
9
I support government action in some areas, but I reject it in other areas of life, I'm a
Conservative
Liberal
Moderate
Radical
10
What group makes up the legislative branch at the federal level?
General Assembly
President
Congress
Supreme Court
11
What do we call a political party that is neither the Republican nor the Democratic party?
Minor party
Constitution party
Green Party
Third party
12
When is the general election held in the United States?
Tues. after first Monday in November
Tues. after first Monday in January
Tues. after first Monday in May
Tues. after first Monday in October
13
Least likely to vote: 75 yr old with a HS degree; 45 yrold college dropout; 20 yr old HS grad
75 yr old
45 yr old
20 yr old
14
If the U.S. decides to change or add to the Constitution it is called _____ the Constitution.
Filibustering
Amending
Overruling
Ratifying
15
The three levels of government in the United States are: federal, state, and...
Executive
National
Legislative
Local
16
A conservative is more likely to be a member of what party?
Green
Republican
Democrat
Libertarian
17
Name given to a government that has all of its power located in the central government?
Confederation
Liberal
Unitary
Federal
18
Which is a requirement to be eligible to vote in the United States
Military service
College education
21 years old
U.S. Citizen
19
What is it called when only one person has all of the power within a government?
Oligarchy
Dictatorship
Democracy
Nazism
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A legal attempt to influence a government official
Cloture
Bribe
Lobby
Filibuster
21
Which political party tends to be a little more liberal?
Republican
Constitution
Democrat
Libertarian
22
What does suffrage mean?
Slavery
Voting
Right to torture
Running for office
23
An election where voters can remove a public official from office before his term is finished
Referendum
Impeachment
Recall
Initiative
24
If you are not born in the U.S. you can become a U.S. citizen through what process?
Naturalization
Expatriation
Lottery
Immigration
25
Group of people who cast the official vote for the presidency
Congress
Voters
Electoral College
Delegates
26
The supreme power to govern is known as...
Incumbency
Sovereignty
An easy job
Democracy
27
What is the most essential act by citizens who live in a democracy?
Voting
Running for office
Jury Duty
Serving in the military
28
System of government where power is shared between the central government and the state
Federal
Confederal
American
Unitary
29
The person who currently holds an office is called the _____.
Lobbyist
Whip
Incumbent
Constituent
30
Type of government where the legislative branch chooses the executive
Presidential
Parliamentary
Monarchy
Totalitarian
31
Who selects the President if there is no majority in the Electoral College?
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
The popular vote
Senate
32
Which branch makes the law?
Executive
Republican
Judicial
Legislative
33
An election where voters select people to hold an office
Recall
General
Caucus
Primary
34
How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency?
270
538
100
435
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Word that means to have two legislative houses
Congress
Bicameral
Unicameral
General Assembly
