5 Written Questions

1. is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation;nvestigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents and railroad accidents;is also in charge of investigating cases of hazardous waste releases that occur during transportation
2. political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
3. individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
4. system for multiple parties wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others
5. form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler

5 Matching Questions

1. presidential government
2. environmental protection agency
3. constitutional democracy
4. federal election commission
5. securities and exchange commission

1. a divides power between the branches
2. b a form of government in which the sovereign power of the people is spelled out in a governing constitution
3. c independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the united states congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the united states
4. d independent agency which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nations's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets
5. e independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. efforts by government to alter the free operation of the market to achieve social goals such as protecting workers and the environment
   1. federalism
   2. regulation
   3. deregulation
   4. inflation
2. Policy of erecting trade barriers to protect domestic industry
   1. public policy
   2. inflation
   3. protectionism
   4. federalism
3. is apt to oppose change, to be more religious, to prefer smaller government and the Republican Party; believes that people themselves, not government, should solve their own problems
   1. conservatism
   2. representative democracy
   3. constitutional democracy
   4. conservative philosophy
4. policy promoting cutbacks in the amount of federal regulation in specific areas of economic activity
   1. federalism
   2. inflation
   3. confederation
   4. deregulation
5. single, central agency that holds all governmental powers
   1. parliamentary government
   2. presidential government
   3. unitary government
   4. federal government

5 True/False Questions

1. republican party → this party's symbol is the elephant

   True        False

2. Roe vs. Wade → legalized abortion in 1973

   True        False

3. trade deficit → an imbalance in international trade in which the value of imports exceeds the value of exports

   True        False

4. political ideology → set of beliefs about politics

   True        False

5. democracy → the difference between the revenues raised annually form sources of income other than borrowing and the expenditures of government, including paying the interest on past borrowing

   True        False