Mr. Mcdonald S Massive Civics & Economics EOC Review Guide

Mr. McDonald’s Massive Civics & Economics EOC Review Guide

Part I – Vocabulary: The ABC’s of Civics & Economics

Absentee ballot / Acquittal / Affirmative Action / Alien
Ambassador / Amend/amendment / Amnesty / Anti-Federalists
Apathy / Appeals court / Arbitration / Arraignment
Articles of partnership / Bail / Budget/balanced budget / Ballot
Bicameral (unicameral) / Bill of attainder / Bill of Rights / Bond
Boycott / Bureaucracy / Business Cycle / Cabinet
Capital / Capitalism / Caucus / Censorship
Census / Certificate of deposit / Charter / Checking account
Checks and balances / Citizens / Civics / Civil liberties
Closed primary / Closed shop / Cloture / Collective bargaining
Colony / Common law / Commute / Compact
Competition / Complaint / Complement / Concurrent jurisdiction
Concurrent powers / Concurring opinion / Constitution / Consumer/consumerism
Corporation / Crime / Cross-examine / Currency
Debt / Defendant / Delegate / Demand
Democracy / Deport / Dictator/dictatorship / Direct democracy
Direct primary / Discrimination / Dissenting opinion / District courts
Division of labor / Double jeopardy / Draft / Due process of law
Duty / Economic model / Economics / Electoral college
Electorate / Embargo / Eminent domain / Entrepreneurs
Ex post facto law / Exchange rate / Exclusive jurisdiction / Executive order
Exit poll / Export / Expressed powers / Factors of production
Federal system / Federalists / Felony / Filibuster
Fiscal year / Foreign policy / Franking privilege / Free enterprise
Gerrymander / Goods / Government / Gross domestic product
Home rule / Hung jury / Immigrant / Impeach
Implied powers / Import / Incentive / Income tax
Independence / Indictment / Interest / Interest group
Internet / Judicial review / Jurisdiction / Jurisprudence
Juvenile/delinquent / Labor / Labor union / Lawsuit
Legislature / Libel / Line-item veto / Lockout
Majority opinion / Majority rule / Mass media / Mediation
Mercantilism / Merger / Migration / Minority party
Misdemeanor / National security / Natural resources / Naturalization
Needs / Nomination / Open primary / Opportunity cost
Original jurisdiction / Pardon / Parole / Partnership
Patriotism / Petition / Plaintiff / Plank
Platform / Pocket veto / Poll tax / Popular sovereignty
Precedent / Productivity / Profit / Propaganda
Public goods / Public opinion / Public opinion poll / Quota
Ratify / Remand / Repeal / Reserved powers
Responsibility / Revenue / Scarcity / Search warrant
Separation of powers / Shortage / Slander / Sole proprietorship
Specialization / Stock/stockholder / Strong-mayor system / Subsidize
Substitute / Surplus / Terrorism / 3/5ths compromise
Trade-off / Treaty / Unemployment / Veto
Wants / Warranty / Weak-mayor system / Writ of habeas corpus

Part II – Supreme Court Cases

Describe the course case in one complete sentence and tell me why the case is important.

· Brown v. Board of Education

· Dred Scott v. Sandford

· Gideon v. Wainwright

· Korematsu v. United States

· Leandro Case

· Marbury v. Madison

· Miranda v. Arizona

· The New York Times Company v. United States

· Plessy v. Ferguson

· Roe v. Wade

· Texas v. Johnson

· Tinker v. De Moines School District

· United States v. Nixon

· Worcester v. Georgia

Part III – Amendments

Briefly describe each amendment listed below

o 1st Amendment –

o 2nd Amendment –

o 3rd Amendment –

o 4th amendment –

o 5th amendment –

o 6th amendment –

o 7th amendment –

o 8th amendment –

o 9th amendment –

o 10th amendment –

o 13th amendment –

o 14th amendment –

o 15th amendment –

o 19th amendment –

o 20th amendment –

o 22nd amendment –

o 24th amendment –

o 25th amendment –

o 26th amendment –

Part IV – Three Branches of Government –

Include history, requirements, numbers/statistics, how it is organized, and important vocabulary

Part V – Principles of the Constitution:

List, explain, and provide an example for each of the six principles of the United States Constitution in the space below.

Part VI– Who has the POWER?

Fill in the circles below based on who has what power; you should have a number of examples in each bubble. Remember, concurrent are those powers that both share, while enumerated is the federal government and reserved belong to the state government.

ENUMERATED

RESERVED

CONCURRENT

Part VII – Roles of the President

List, explain, and provide an example for each of the seven roles of the president!

Presidential Role / Description / Example

Part VIII - Citizenship & Government in a Democracy

Fill in the blanks with the correct answer

q ______- study of the rights and duties of ______(members of a community that have certain rights and duties); it is also the study of ______(group of people that make the laws)

q Functions of government:

o ______

q Three levels of government:

· ______- led by the president

· ______- led by the state

· ______- led by the mayor

q Types of government:

§ ______government controlled by one person/small group

§ ______government in which the people rule

Two types: Direct and Representative (circle the kind that the United States has)

q Principles of American Democracy

o Power of the government comes from the citizens

o Americans run government through representatives

o Purpose of government is to make the US a better place

q The US Constitution establishes two ways to become a citizen. They are

1. ______

2. ______

Important Vocabulary with Citizenship:

______= non-citizen

______= person that comes to the country permanently

______= to be sent back to your original country

______= # of illegal immigrants

______= means diversity

Aliens (illegal and legal) may hold jobs, own property, attend public schools, and receive government services. They may not vote in election, run for office, or serve on juries.

q Citizens have important (things we MUST do) and ______(things we SHOULD do).

o DUTIES:

o ______

o RESPONSIBILITIES:

· ______

q There are many other basic vocabulary that you need to be aware of:

______- detailed, written plan for government

______- system that prevents any one branch from

becoming too powerful

______- to be called up for military service

______- social separation of the races (the opposite of this

word is integration)

______- the split of authority among the three branches

______- means the right to vote

______- change to the constitution (hint: we have 27 and

the first ten are the “Bill of Rights”)

______- population count taken every ten years

______- the notion that power lies with the people (this is

more than just “democracy”

Part IX – Supply and Demand

Complete the following chart regarding supply and demand

SUPPLY / DEMAND
Definition
Three characteristics
Factors Affecting It
Impact on Price

Part X – Generalizations: The American Economy

Create a list of ten generalizations regarding our American economy.