AP GOV RQ#4

Question 1

Expenditures

Answer 1

The government spending/pays for things like medicine, missiles and Medicare

Question 2

Bonds

Answer 2

Government borrows money from its citizens and pays it back with interest

Question 3

Tariffs

Answer 3

tax on imports

Question 4

Taxes

Answer 4

Revenue for the government/the govt gets most of its money from personal income taxes

Question 5

Uncontrollable Expenditures

Answer 5

Government spending that can’t be stopped

Question 6

Tax Expenditures

Answer 6

practices that citizens do to save money for the government in the future. Revenue losses from exemptions on federal tax law.

Question 7

Budget

Answer 7

a policy document allocating taxes and expenditures

Question 8

Deficit

Answer 8

spending more than you are taking in. More expenditures than revenue taking in.

Question 9

Federal/National debt

Answer 9

The total amount of money owed to other governments that has not been paid off.

Question 10

Entitlements

Answer 10

Programs given to the elderly because they were promised by the government (Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security)

Question 11

Medicare

Answer 11

federal health insurance for anyone age 65 and older, and some people under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions.

Question 12

Medicaid

Answer 12

a joint federal and state program that provides health coverage for some people with limited income and resources.

Question 13

Fragmentation

Answer 13

Bureaucratic agencies who compete with each other and hide crucial info from the country. Cause of 9/11.

Question 14

Deregulation

Answer 14

removal of restrictions on business

Question 15

Bureaucracy

Answer 15

To implement and regulate government policies

Question 16

congress

Answer 16

• creates each bureaucratic agency
  -sets its budget
• writes the policies it administration

Question 17

patronage

Answer 17

jobs and promotion were awarded based on loyalty

Question 18

Merit Principle

Answer 18

-hiring should be based on entrance exams
- promotions should be based in talent and skill

Question 19

Hatch Act

Answer 19

• prohibits federal employees from active participation in politics while on the job

Question 20

political appointees

Answer 20

people selected by the president to fill positions in the Bureaucracy who are qualified for the job w/ out taking an examination

Question 21

Independent Regulatory agency

Answer 21

-it has responsibility for some sector of the economy
- it enforces rules designed to protecr the public interest
- it makes rules designed to protect the public interest

Question 22

iron triangle

Answer 22

Mutually dependent relationship between subcommittee, interest groups and bureaucracy agencies

Question 23

regulation

Answer 23

use of government authority to change a private sector practice

Question 24

Executive orders

Answer 24

executive branch regulations designed to control the bureaucracy

Question 25

fragmentation

Answer 25

one of the reasons for the terrorist attack on 9/11 happened