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What are civics?

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The study of duties, rights, and responsibilities of a citizen in a community.

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What is a citizen?

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A member of the community who is loyal to the government.

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What is naturalization?

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The process of giving someone who is not born in the U.S a citizenship.

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What does the 14th amendment state?

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It states anyone naturalized in the United States can have a citizenship.

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The bicameral legislate is about what?

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Dividing the houses into different groups; can make laws; legislative branch

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Who are party whips? How long is their term?

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2 year term; assistant leaders (that help the floor leaders) of the floor of the house and communications.

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What are the qualifications to be in the senate?

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  • they must be 30 years old

- had to of been a U.S citizen for 9 years before the election

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What are the qualifications to be in the H. of R?

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  • ATLEAST 25 years old
  • Does not have to live in the state they represent
  • has to of been a citizen for 7 years before the election
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What is redistricting?

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Changing or redoing; might be because people cheated

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What is gerrymandering?

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Is a practice of draw irregularly shaped districts to give a political party power over another

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What is the term of the senate and the house representatives?

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2 years!

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What is incumbent?

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It is your duty to do something.

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What is reapportioning?

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When the group is split up- to represent different states.

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What U.S presidents have been impeached?

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  • Andrew Johnson

- Bill Clinton

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What are some main roles of the U.S president?

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  • enforce and carry out laws
  • represent us in wars and relationships
  • The President is commander in chief of the armed forces..
  • can Pardon those convicted of federal crimes
  • can nominate judges (as long as the senate approved)
  • gives state of union adress to congress
  • signs bills from congress into laws
  • Can issue and executive order.
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What other job does ‘President of the senate’ have?

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  • They are also the Vice President
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What can the president do with bills?

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The president can veto the bills.

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Can congress overrid a veto made by the president?

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Yes, because they have 2/3 of the vote.

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What is the state of union adress?

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It is a yearly adress ( held in January) given to congress and House of Representatives by the president discussing plans for legislation.

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What is an executive order?

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A rule or order issued to the executive branch from the president.

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What are primary elections?

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Primary elections decide 1 candidate from each party to go up against each other in the general election.

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What are national conventions and how often are they held?

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National conventions are held every four years; they decide who the candidates for the next presidential election.

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Who attends the national conventions?

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The candidates for either the republic or democratic side.

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What is the difference between the popular vote and electoral college vote?

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The electoral decides who will run office for the 4 years, the popular vote chooses candidates.

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What is the code of Hammurabi?

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  • It is one of the first formal-leaged codes.
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Who was the code of Hammurabi made by and when?

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It was made by Hammurabi, he was the ruler of the 1st dynasty of babylon. It was made in 170 BCE.

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Who was the Justinian code written for and when?

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It was written for the Roman emperor Justinian in 500 CE.

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What ism the Justinian code considered to be?

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The forebearer.

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Who created canon law? When did they create it?

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The Catholic Church created it the 1900’s.

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30
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What is the canon law based on?

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The Ten Commandments & some legal codes found in the Bible.
- Also the highest bidding law.

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Who did the canon law govern while in use?

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It governed church officials and church members.

32
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Who established common law and where?

Hint: not in America!

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It was established in Britain by the kings.

Names not given

33
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Who did common law let make decisions?

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The judges and kings.

34
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How did common law use precedence?

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Precendace: decisions based on past decisions. (They made decisions based on the past.)

35
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What system to this day is based on common law?

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The American Legal System.

36
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What does BCE mean?

A

Before Common Era

37
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What are the four categories of law in America?

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  • Civil law
  • constitutional law
  • criminal law
  • military law
38
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Explain civil law and constitutional law:

What are the types of civil law?

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Civil law: 
- deals with conflicts between people 
- disputes about an individuals rights 
Types of civil law:  contract, family, property, and torts (torts is a wrongful act you can su for money). 
Constitutional law:
- deals with rules from the constitution
39
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Explain criminal law and military law:

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Criminal law:
- the goal is to protect society
- it punishes people who violate laws that protect society.
Military law:
- also called uniform code of military justice
- makes sure that members of the military follow the law and military order.

40
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What is federal and put it in a sentence?

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Federal: national

- The structure of the federal court system.

41
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What is jurisdiction?

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Jurisdiction: the power over something

42
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Give examples of jurisdiction:

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  • teachers with students

- parents have more jurisdiction with their children.

43
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What is certiorari:

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It is the right to be heard before the surpreme court.

44
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What is a felony?

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A serious crime.

45
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What are examples of felonies?

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Robing banks, murder, kidnapping, arson. :(

46
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When was the Declaration of Independance written?

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Written in 1776

47
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Who wad the D of I sent to and from who?

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It was sent to king George III from Thomas Jefferson.

48
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What does the D of I begin stating?

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It begins stating its preamble (introduction)

49
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What does ratify mean?

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It means to adopt.

50
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What was ratified on July 4, 1776?

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The Declaration of Independance.

51
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What did the articles of confederation do?

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It created our first government of the U.S and connected the 13 loose states into a loose confederation.

52
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When were the articles of confederation ratified?

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In 1781.

53
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What was a focus of the articles of confederation?

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A focus was giving strong states rights and a weak federal government.

54
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What is currency?

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Money

55
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What are examples of currency?

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U.S dollars, bitcoin.

56
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What is the earliest form of money?

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Bartering is the earliest form

57
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What are examples of bartering?

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Livestock, they provided transportation, clothing, and food.

58
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What did the gold standard act lead to?

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It led to money that was almost scarce.

59
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What does the federal reserve (the fed) regulate?

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It regulates blanks and helps control the supply of money in the U.S.

60
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How many banks are in reserve for the fed?

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There are 12 regional banks.

61
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  • Who appoints the chairman of the fed ?

- How long is the term of the chairman?

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  • the president

- the term is 1 year.

62
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What is inflation?

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  • inflation is when prices for goods and services increase over time, so more money is needed to buy them.
63
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Can inflation be good and bad? Explain how.

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them.
- Yes, it can be good or bad..
Good:
- It can be good because its slow and gradual
- the fed found that it helps stabilize the economy and employment levels.
Bad:
- Can cause panic
- causes some to spend wildly to avoid the high prices
- it is difficult for people to buy goods/services so some reduce spending.
- causes prices to increase faster than wages do.

64
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What is deflation?

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  • Decrease in overall prices

Opposite of inflation

65
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Why does deflation happen?

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It happens because the unemployment rate is high.

66
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What is geography?

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Georgraphy: the study of the location of distribution on physical features and the livings things on earth’s surface, and how they relate.

67
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What do geographers use spacial areas for?

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They use them for there work of studying instead of time periods.

68
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What are regions?

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Regions: nearby places with common characteristics.

69
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What is there difference between physical geography and human geography?

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Physical is studying the earths natural features and human is studying human activity as they relate to the earth.

70
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What is a location?

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The place where something exists.

71
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What ways do longitude and latitude run?

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Latitude: east to west
Longitude: north to south

72
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What is a region?

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Region: a group of nearby places that share certain characteristics.

73
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What are the 6 physical regions of the U.S?

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  • Northwest
  • southeast
  • Mid-west
  • Southwest
  • Pacific coast
  • mountain states
74
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What is indigenous ?

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Native people in the artic.

75
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Where do indigenous people live in the U.S?

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  • they live in Arizona and New Mexico

- sandy desert areas

76
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What are settlement patterns? Where are they based?

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  • The way that people cluster in certain areas to live.

- People settled in all types of environments in North America but not evenly.

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