Battle Back Questions!

Which of these is the defining characteristic of a federal system of government?

• Elected representatives make decisions for the nation.

• Power is divided between central and regional bodies.

• Separate branches have different areas of responsibility.

• Legislative actions are limited by a set of written guidelines.

Which of these plays the largest role in interpreting the Bill of Rights?

• President
• Congress
• Supreme Court

drawing legislative district boundaries to give one group an advantage

• Gerrymandering
• Redistricting
• Districting
• Boundarying

legislation the national government requires state or local governments to implement largely at their own expense?

• Underfunded mandates
• Unfunded obligations
• Unfunded requirements
• Unfunded mandates

powers are shared by the federal and state governments in a marble-cake fashion.

• Swiss-cheese federalism
• Layered-cake federalism
• Rainbow federalism
• Cooperative federalism

assigning congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of the population

• Gerrymandering
• Apportionment
• Redistricting
• Census

Which part of the U.S. Constitution defines U.S. citizenship?

• Bill of Rights
• 14th Amendment
• Declaration of Independence
• 5th Amendment

A society's framework of shared values, beliefs, and attitudes.

• Political Culture

• Tradition
• Heritage
• Ethics

basic political beliefs

• Advanced mathematical equations
• Ideologies!

• Historical events in Europe
• Cooking techniques for desserts

an ideology that favors an active role of the government in protecting people’s freedoms

• liberalism
• anarchism
• socialism
• conservatism