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What Do You Know?
About Government and Your World
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What is Government?
• A set of laws and customs that determines how a country should and will be run.
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What is the Constitution?
• It sets up the laws and guidelines that our leaders must follow while running our country.
• It also sets up the roles and responsibilities of each branch of government.
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Who is our Vice President and what is his role?
• Joseph Biden• Role (job/responsibilities): Supports the decisions of the
president• President of the Senate• Next in line to become President
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Who is our Principal?• Mr. Chambers
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Who is the associate principal of the freshman academy?
• Mrs. Major
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What type of government does the United States have?
• Democracy/Republic
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What is anarchy?
• The lack of a government.
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What is Congress?
1. the national legislative body of a country.
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There are 2 houses of Congress, what are they called?• Senate and the House of Representatives
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What does the Supreme Court do?
• Interpret the meaning of a law, to decide whether a law is relevant to a particular set of facts, or to rule on how a law should be applied.
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How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
• 9
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What are the two main political parties in our country?
• Democrats (Donkey)
• Republican (Elephant)
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What are some issues going on in this country right now?
• Budget cuts
• High unemployment
• Increases in taxes
• Obamacare
• Legalizing medical marijuana
• Legalizing same sex marriage
• Increasing the minimum wage
• Etc.
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Explain the quote “freedom is not free.”
• freedoms enjoyed by many citizens in many democracies are only possible through the voluntary risks taken and sacrifices made by those in military.
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Which country did the U.S. break up with become a free country.
Great Britain (England)
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Who is New Britain’s mayor?Erin Stewart, Republican
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How do you access your grades?
• PS Student
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