Civics and Economics EOC Prep Guide
1. The right to Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of happiness established in the Declaration of Independence established our what?
2. What is the type of cost to produce one more unit called?
3. Why did the Stamp Act make colonists so mad?
4. What is the most likely result if you lose a civil case? What is the official term?
5. Which term refers to the fact that everyone relies on everyone else for the production of goods and services?
6. Which term refers to allowing a 3rd party to come and decide a dispute between two other parties?
7. Why do businesses invest in human capital?
8. Which term refers to the freedoms allowed in a market economy?
9. Which term refers to a program to help previously oppressed people rise up?
10. What is the name of the document that gives a corporation the right to exist?
11. Which type of union or shop lets the company higher anyone, but the worker must then join the union after being hired?
12. Who was a socialist that saw history as a struggle between capitalists and workers?
13. Which term refers to a sole provider of a good or service which keeps costs of production down
14. Which term refers to a measurement of inflation that looks at 400 products from month to month?
15. What type of economy was the former Soviet Union?
16. Which Supreme Court case allowed the government to detain possible dissidents during wartime?
17. If the Government decreases spending the money supply will go ___ and the economy will ___?
18. Which term refers to a financial year that may or may not match a 12-month calendar year?
19. Which type of cost would wage be?
20. What is the largest expenditure for local governments?
21. How can you participate in government?
22. What federal offices are directly elected by the people?
23. Who owns the factors of production and makes decisions about production in a command economy?
24. Which type of democracy involves a representative government where rulers do not inherit their position, but are elected?
25. Which term refers to the belief that nations should cooperate for the common good?
26. Which term refers to a tax paid on goods purchased?
27. When buyers and sellers freely exchange in the marketplace it is called?
28. Which court case helped to establish the Supremacy of the NC Constitution?
30. Who is the leader of the Senate?
31. Which amendment in the Bill of Rights prevents cruel and unusual punishment?
32. Who was Daniel Shay?
33. What is important about the Gideon vs. Wainwright case?
34. Why is Shay’s Rebellion important?
35. Which underlying principal of our Constitution refers to the fact that we have multiple levels of government?
36. Which recent action by Congress acts to take power back from the President and give it to the Congress?
37. Which term refers to a court order allowing the police to search a person or their possessions?
38. Which term refers to things we should do?
39. What is representation in the US Senate based on?
40. Most work in the US Congress is done where?
41. What is meant by saying congress acts as a watchdog or has oversight power?
42. Tell me what’s important about the NY Times vs. US case?
43. How do local initiatives begin?
44. The President meeting with a foreign leader is an example of which of the roles of President?
45. Which term refers to an official representing another country?
46. Which independent body is created by the executive to handle a specialized area?
47. Which term refers to a part of the executive branch that is not under the cabinet?
48. What are the phases in the business cycle?
49. New England Colonies were dependent on what?
50. What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
51. The one being charged in a criminal trial is called what?
52. Tell me the 2 ways to propose and the 2 ways to ratify a Constitutional Amendment?
53. Who was the founder of the party that favored stronger central government?
54. Which term refers to meetings of party officials at various levels to determine delegates?
55. Most states hold which type of primary?
56. What was the name of the party that favored a strong central government?
57. What were the goals of the Federalists?
58. What are the 7 tools used by interest groups to influence public opinion?
59. What do we call a city court?
60. What are the 6 characteristics of capitalism?
61. What is the FBI and when does it have jurisdiction?
62. How many years does the Governor of NC serve in a term?
63. What is the biggest source of revenue for county governments in NC?
64. Anti-trust laws are designed to do what?
65. What are things required for survival such as food, shelter, and clothing?
66. If it cost 1500 dollars to produce 100 T-shirts, and 1501 dollars to produce 101 T-shirts, the one extra dollar would be considered what type of cost?
67. The term that refers to making the economic choice that will deliver the greatest value is called?
68. Who wrote Wealth of Nations?
69. Which feature of our economy refers to a place where exchange takes place and prices are determined by laws of supply and demand?
70. Which type of business has less liability to its owners as an advantage?
71. A DVD player and a DVD would be an example of what?
72. Which term refers to a government payment to a business in exchange for a certain action?
73. Which term refers to the owner of a business being financially responsible for the business?
74. In a recession what will happen to demand?
75. What is the term that refers to the company not letting workers come to work, in an attempt to gain concessions from the workers?
76. Why are monopolies negative?
77. If we placed a protective tariff on foreign goods, how will domestic goods be affected?
78. What does E Pluribus Unum mean?
79. What is the major policy making branch within the FED called?
81. Who sends the proposed budget to congress?
82. Which type of income tax do we have in this country?
83. Which term refers to a contract to repay the borrowed money at a latter date with interest?
84. Which term refers to a nations currency’s value in relation to other currencies?
85. Why is our economy said to be mixed and not market?
86. What did the NW Ordinance do?
87. What are economic punishments one-nation places on another in hopes of gaining concessions called?
88. Which term refers to a system of government where people are the source of authority, but they elect people to do their law making for them?
89. What were the major causes leading to the Revolution?
90. Which term refers to a written document granting land and the authority to set up a colonial government?
91. Which clause establishes the federal government as supreme?
92. What did the Second Continental Congress due in response to the Battles of Concord and Lexington?
93. If the 2 biggest car companies were to merge, what is the likely result?
94. Which event in history forced the British to start taxing us?
96. Which term refers to a political party dominating politics in an area?
97. Why would the FED raise interest rates?
98. Which term refers to a person not having to testify against himself or herself or a spouse?
99. Which term refers to offering your time or services without pay?
100. What term refers to redrawing congressional district lines to a party’s advantage?
101. Power to declare war would be an example of which type of power?
103. What are the qualifications to be President?
104. Which person is in charge of executing our laws, making treaties and judicial appointment?
105. A drought will cause the supply curve of vegetables to shift which way?
106. Who is opposed to the Defense in a criminal case?
107. What is one of the drawbacks to using credit?
108. Each federal court district covers a geographical area called a what?
109. The right of judicial review represents which constitutional principal?
110. What are the 2 types of law?
112. Minimum wage is an example of what?
113. What is the government’s key role in the economy?
114. If one nation produces a good at a lower opportunity cost than another, what does it have?
115. What cabinet department was recently created to fight terrorism?
116. Which term refers to voters not caring?
117. What kind of vote in Congress does it take to override a Presidential Veto?
118. Which agency enforces the purity and labeling of food, cosmetics & drugs?
119. What are the 3 types of local government systems?
120. Which term refers to a local exercise in direct democracy?
121. If you wanted to change a city ordinance who would you need to talk to?
122. Which type of law involves the application of legal precedents to determine the case?
123. What do Prosecutors do to save money and shorten the court docket?
124. What are the things called that we would like to have, such as a new hoodie from AE?
125. What is the additional or extra benefit associated with an action called?
126. What is a recent trend because of prison overcrowding?
127. Workers on an assembly line would be an example of which factor of production?
128. Which term refers to the money left over after all costs of production have been paid?
129. Which term refers to the satisfaction you receive from a product?
130. If price goes up; supply goes?
131. A pure capitalists views price controls as negative or positive and why?
132. Which term refers to the fact that only the corporation, not its owners can be sued?
134. If there were a shortage of oil, what would happen to the price?
135. If prices are going up and income stays the same, we are experiencing a period of what?
136. Which term refers to the early release of a prisoner?
137. Which term refers to an officially recognized locality that provides services to its peoples?
138. Which type of local government structure is the most efficient?
139. What are the 3 functions of money?
140. If Monetary or Fiscal Policy is used to increase the supply of money; the economy will go?
141. Why are Entrepreneurs important to the economy?
142. List the 5 major sources of federal government revenue with percentages?
143. Which term refers to discriminating against women?
144. Which term refers to the freedoms allowed in a market economy?
145. What is the largest expenditure for state governments?
146. Which term refers to a trade barrier that limits the number of a product that can be imported?
147. Which term describes the belief that the means of production should be owned by society as a whole?
148. What is very important to staying informed?
149. According to Locke and the Declaration of Independence when do we have a right to revolution?
150. Which principal of the American democracy refers to the fact that all people, even the rulers, are governed by the law?
151. A country whose population is made of all different groups of people is said to be what?
152. The Mayflower Compact set up which type of democracy that can still be seen on a small scale in New England today?
153. Who approves the President’s appointments?
154. Which case overturned Plessy, outlawed segregation?
155. Which Supreme Court case dealt with freedom of speech in school involving armbands?
156. Why is the Constitution said to be a living document?
157. Which branch is in charge of enforcing the laws?
158. The direct election of Senators came from which movement?
159. Which term refers to a group of citizens that review evidence against a person?
160. If Ohio gave the Governor the power of Line-item-veto, what does that mean?
161. If no one gets a majority in the Presidential election, who picks the winner?
162. Explain the law of diminishing returns?
163. Which type of economic system involves government control?
164. What regulatory commission regulates truth in advertising?
165. The President commanding the Army is an example of which of the roles of President?
166. What determines price?
167. Which type of economic system involves bartering?
168. What do we call the point on the business cycle were GDP is at its highest?
169. Which term refers to the fact all nations are connected and dependent on each other?
170. Which type of jurisdiction refers to cases than can be heard by either state or federal courts?
171. For the most part the US Supreme Court is which type of court?
172. Which amendment prohibited discrimination by guaranteeing equal protection?
173. Which body elects the President?
174. Which term refers to trying to correct a person’s inappropriate behavior?
175. What are the 2 biggest advantages of Incumbents?
176. What do we call a jury that does not reach a consensus?
177. How does one vote if they cannot get to the polling place on Election Day?
178. If someone broke your lawnmower what court will you take them to?
179. Which term refers to the issues that are leaders focus on?
180. An adoption case would go to which court?
181. How many counties make up North Carolina?
182. Which agency would deal with a chemical spill in a river?
183. What commission recalls unsafe products?
184. What do we call people whose political ideology falls in the middle between liberal and conservative?
185. Where and why is the NE (rust belt) losing jobs?
186. Rational though tells us that we want the cost to be____and the benefit to be ____?
187. What is the Law of Demand?
188. An employer investing in giving workers health insurance would be an example of what?
189. If GDP was going down, what would happen to unemployment?
190. A product whose supply doesn’t change a great deal when the price changes is said to be?
191. Which type of business has unlimited liability and complex structure as its disadvantages?
192. Why were the articles drawn up weak?
193. Which term refers to no one being excluded from a good whether or not they pay?
194. What is the law of supply?
195. What did the Federalist papers support?
196. What 3 ways does the FED act as the government’s bank?
197. Which term refers to a deposit you make with a bank for a set period of time at a set interest rate?
198. Which type of tax refers to money taken from our paychecks to fund Medicare and Social Security?
199. What is the second largest expenditure for state governments?
200. How could your state gain an extra seat in Congress?
201. Which term refers to all people over the age of 16 that are working or looking for a job?
202. Which term refers to a governments attempt to protect its own economic interests?
203. What is the social contract theory?
204. What are the 2 ways to become a citizen of the USA?
205. Which term refers to a law making body?
206. Which term refers to recalling or canceling a law?
208. What was the meeting called to address the problems with the Articles of Confederation?
209. Who handles the investigation of a house robbery?
210. What happens to price when you have scarcity?
211. Which cost changes with production?
212. Voting is a good example of a civic what?
213. What are the 4 factors affecting supply?
214. What is another name for the Necessary and Proper clause?
215. What helps keep prices down and quality up?
216. How many members make up the Electoral College?
217. The President throwing out the first pitch of the World Series is an example of which of the roles of President?
218. Which foreign policy tool refers to a group of nations not trading with another nation?
219. Which type of federal employee is not appointed, but has a permanent job?
220. Are there juries in federal circuit courts or the US Supreme Court?
221. Congress checking Presidential appointments represents which constitutional principal?
222. Which term refers to the person brining the case to civil court?
224. Would it be good or bad to increase money supply during inflation?
225. Serving on a jury is an example of what?
227. Which term refers to an election that is held after the general election if neither candidate receives a 50% majority?
228. Which term refers to voters gathering enough signatures to put an issue on the ballot?
229. The United States is an example of what type of government?
230. Which case deals with free speech?
231. Which term refers to city laws?
232. The Anti-federalists would advocate for a government with what?
233. Who governs counties in NC?
234. Which committee irons out the differences in bills passed by the House and Senate?
235. What are the three questions we are forced to ask ourselves because of scarcity?
236. What does a surplus signal?
237. A society with no laws or government would be in a state of what?
238. What do we call the tangible objects, that we can touch, that fulfill our needs and wants?
239. What does GDP stand for?
240. North Carolina growing Tobacco is an example of what?
241. Which feature of our economy refers to consumers being able to choose to spend their money as they see fit?
242. Which court process represents the adversarial nature of a court case?
243. If price goes up; demand goes?
244. The extent to which a change in price affects demand is called what?
245. What motivates suppliers to offer more supply at a higher price?
246. What is the goal of Juvenile detention centers?
247. What are the 5 requirements for perfect competition?
248. What is the term for those elected by the stockholder to run a corporation?
249. Which type of union or shop requires a worker to already belong to the union to be hired?
250. What do local governments use as an incentive to attract business?
251. When you invest what are you hoping to make?
252. Which term refers to a company pulling a product off of the market to fix a safety problem?
253. Which term refers to a general increase in the level of prices?
254. During a recession what can the government do?
255. Which term refers to paper money?
256. What is our central bank called?
257. If the FED increases the Discount Rate; the money supply will go___ and the economy will ____?
258. Which term refers to a bank account that a customer then can write checks from?
259. Which type of tax is a paid on inheritance?
260. Which term refers to a congressional document showing revenues and expenditures as well as how much money will be spent in each category?
261. List the 4 major categories of state revenues with percentages?
262. How does our government borrow money when we are facing a deficit?
263. A group with no trade barriers is called?
264. Which type of economy allows supply and demand to guide decisions with no government involvement?
265. Which term refers to the evolution of socialism or Marxism into a classless society?