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What is civics?

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The study of rights, duties, responsibilities of a citizen of a community/country.

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What is a citizen?

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A member of community who is loyal to the government.

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What is a natural citizen?

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A person born on U.S soil, born of U.S parents.

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What is naturalization?

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When a person who doesn’t live in the U.S becomes a citizen.

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What does the 14th amendment talk about?

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It says that anyone can not be taken away their basic rights of a citizen.

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What is bicameral?

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They’re 2 different chambers.

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What are party whips?

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They are assistant leaders that help the floor leaders.

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What do party whips do?

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They make sure legislators are present for key votes.

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What are the qualifications for election for the senate?

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Must be at least 30 years old, must have been a U.S citizen for at least 9 years before the election, and must be a legal resident of their state.

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What are the qualifications for election for the H.of R.?

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For H.of R. At least 25 years old, must have been a U.S citizen for at least 7 years before the election, not required to live in the state they represent.

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what is redistricting?

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Redistricting is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries in the United States.

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What is president of the senate?

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The Vice President of the U.S

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What do they do?

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They vote, but o lay when there’s a tie.

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What is the term for a senator?

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6 years

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What is the term for a representative?

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2 years

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what is reapportioning

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assign or distribute (something) again or in a different way.

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What is gerrymandering?

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The practice of drawing irregularly shaped districts to give a political party power over another.

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Who started gerrymandering?

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Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts in the 1800s.

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What is incumbent?

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A person who is currently holds office.

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What are the main roles of the U.S pres. name 2.

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to enforce and carry out laws and can pardon people convicted of federal crimes.

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what is the state of the union address

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The speech that the president gives to congress.

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What does veto mean?

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To reject

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What is an executive order?

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Enforcing or clarifying existing laws

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Which U.S presidents have been impeached?

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Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton. (Richard Nixon was close to impeachment but he resigned).

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What do people do in the primary elections?
Members of the party vote on the candidates.
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What happens during the national conventions?
The National Convention is televised to give voters an idea about the candidates and the party platform.
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Electoral college
General Election results are not based on the popular vote, but on Electoral College votes. Each state has a specific number of electors (# of electors = #of reps + #of senators).
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Popular vote
Whoever gets the most votes wins
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Code of Hammurabi
One of the FIRST formal legal codes, | It was established by Hammurabi (ruler of the first dynasty of Babylon) around 1750 BCE
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Justinian code
It was written for the Roman emperor Justinian in the 500s CE. It is considered the forbearer ( ancestor) of western law.
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Cannon law
It was created by the Catholic Church. It governed church officials and church members and was the highest binding law. It was based on the Ten Commandments and interpretations of legal codes found in the Bible. Created in the 1000s CE.
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Common law
``` Common law (also known as case law or precedent) is law developed by judges, courts, and similar tribunals, stated in decisions. It's still used in the United Kingdom. Courts and judges make the decisions, the decisions are based on past decisions in similar cases (called precedence). It was established in England by kings, it was made for courts. ```
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What is BCE?
Before Common Era
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What are the categories of the law in the U.S?
Civil law Constitutional law Criminal law Military law
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What is the structure of the Federal Court System?
Article 3 of the Constitution determines the power and jurisdiction (scope of authority) of the federal courts. 2. District Courts 3. The Court Appeals 4. Supreme Court
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What is jurisdiction?
It was the things that would happen in each level of court | Ex. Civil cases above $15,000, juvenile cases, etc.
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What is Certiorari?
It's the right to be heard before the Supreme Court.
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What is a felony?
A serious crime
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Give an example of a felony
Murder
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When was the Declaration of Independence written?
1776
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
A committee of 5 men
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Who wrote the final draft
Thomas Jefferson
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Who voted to approve the Declaration of Independence?
The continental congress
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When was Declaration of Independence approved?
July 2, 1776
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When was the Declaration of Independence officially ratified?
July 4, 1776
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What did the Declaration of Independence do?
It made the colonists free and independent states.
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What does ratify mean?
Adopt
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What did the articles of confederation do?
Created the first government of the U.S Was ratified in 1781 Focused on strong state’s rights and a weak federal government.
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What was fiat currency?
In 1971, president nixion anounced that you could not exchange gold for currency. In 1978, the US took US currency of the gold standard, then it became a fiat currency.
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What are the 2 types of money?
Commodity money and Fiat money.
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What is commodity money?
They are objects that are useful on their own | Ex: cow can give milk and be used for food and leather.
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What is Fiat money
It has no value of its own, it is only accepted because a government issues it or people are willing to accept it. Ex: dollars, paper bills, coins, checks, bitcoins.
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What was the earliest form of money
Bartering
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What was the gold standard?
It was currency that must be backed up by a scarce and valuable resource for it to have value and having one type of metal to back up the money to make it more stable, plus gold was adopted by Great Britain in 1819 and by the US in 1900.
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What is a nickname for the Federal Reserve? And what do they do?
“Fed”. They regulate banks and help control the supply of $ in the U.S.
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What is inflation?
It’s when prices for the same goods and services increas overtime, more and money is needed to buy them.
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What are three theories of inflation?
1) if the amount of money grows faster han the amount of goods = scarcity/inflation. 2) if the demands for goods is higher than the supply of goods. 3) if it costs businesses more money to produce goods and services.
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Can inflation be good or bad? Explain.
It can be good- If it is slow and gradual. The Fed has found that 2% increase in inflation over time helps stabilize the economy and employment levels. But it can be bad- If it can cause price to increase faster that wager do. Is difficult for people to buy goods and services. Can cause panic.
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What is deflation?
The opposite of inflation, its a decrease of overall prices.
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When does deflation happen?
It usually happens when unemployment is high.
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What is geography?
The study of the location and distribution land features and living things on the earth’s surface.
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What are special areas?
Places
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What is physical geography?
The study of earth’s natural features.
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What is human geography?
The study of human activities as they relate on earth.
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What is location?
The place o position where something exists on earth.
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What is absolute location?
The actual place or position where something exists on earth.
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What is latitude?
Runs east to west.
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What is longitude?
Runs north to south.
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What is the equator?
Latitude line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres.
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What is the prime meridian?
Longitude line that divides the earth into Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
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What are the 6 regions of the U.S?
Northeast, southeast, Midwest, southwest, mountain states, pacific coast.
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What are indigenous people?
Native people in the arctic Northern most of canada Most of the ground was frozen First people were hunter-gatherers
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What were settlement patterns?
The way people cluster in certain areas to live.

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