News that is promoted with dramatic or misleading headlines that do not reflect the content of the actual story.

Videos or pictures that have been digitally created at a professional level

Any false information, regardless of intent, including honest mistakes or misunderstandings of the facts…

The propaganda technique that uses a famous person to endorse a product is called what?

Type of bias where we hunt for information we already believe to be true…

The name for a computer program that interacts with you on social media through a fake profile.

Video and print news posted to the internet or social media by citizens rather than news media is called

Information created and spread intentionally as a way to confuse or mislead is called

A federal statute that requires public agencies to provide certain types of information requested by citizens

An FCC policy that states all candidates running for office must be given the same radio and television airtime opportunities.

News coverage focusing on exposing corrupt business and government practices.

Printed information about a person or organization that is not true and harms the reputation of the person or organization.

One of the strategies you can use to spot fake news.

Spoken information about a person or organization that is not true and harms the reputation of the person or organization.

An economic system in which there are no limits on private ownership and profits, not owned by the government

The lack of organization and control of a society or group because there is little or no government.

Believes in free will, liberty is the core principle in their beliefs

A political ideology that rejects radical extreme views and can be found around the center of the political compass.

Type of government with economic equality, everyone owns it but there is still some private ownership.

The political party that believes the government is a positive force and in social programs such as health care.

The political party that believes the government is a necessary evil and should be limited in the use of social programs and regulations is the

The process by which we develop our political values and opinions (parents, schools, and location help influence us)

An integrated system of ideas or beliefs about political values in general and the role of the government in particular.

A governmental system led by a dictator, having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

A system of government that allows citizens to vote directly.

A system in which citizens elect representatives who deicide policies on behalf of their constituents

The theory that government is created by the people and depends on the people for the authority to rule.

Those who did not support ratification of the Constitution are called...

The first basis for the new nation’s government; adopted in 1781; created an alliance of sovereign states held together by a weak central government.

A legislature with two houses, such as the U.S. Congress.

 The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution; most were designed to protect fundamental rights and liberties

A system that allows one branch of government to limit the exercise of power by another branch; requires the different parts of government to work together

Those who supported ratification of the Constitution

Our right to ask the government to fix a wrong or change a policy.

Everyone must follow the law, no one is above the law.

The sharing of powers among three separate branches of government.

An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to be governed so long as the government protects their natural rights.

Money awarded by the Federal government to state and local governments for broadly defined purposes

Money given for a specific purpose that comes with restrictions concerning how the money should be spent.

Powers shared by the state and federal governments that range from taxing, borrowing, and making and enforcing laws to establishing court systems

A style of federalism in which both levels of government coordinate their actions to solve national problems, leading to the blending of layers as in a marble cake.

Type of federalism where the government power is strictly divided between the states and the national governments.

A type of government in which power is divided between state and national levels.

The name given for cooperation through compromise between parties.

Name given for a proposed law in Congress.

A delay a senator can use to try to stop the Senate from taking action

on bills, nominations, or other matters by talking and talking and talking.

Name given to the procedure that stops a filibuster once three-fifths of the senators agree to pass it.

Name given to a voting member of the community.

A model of representation in which representatives feel compelled to act on the specifically stated wishes of their constituents.

Minority groups are underrepresented in government when you look at national statistics. This is called...

The official record of every vote from every representative in the House of Representatives and Senate.

The process of redistricting can present problems for congressional representation because…

The representative makes decisions as a trustee at times and a delegate at other times.

Which part of Congress is considered the upper house?

The most powerful member of the House of Representatives.

Who is the president of the Senate?

A permanent legislative committee that meets regularly.

A legislative committee consisting of members from both chambers that investigates certain topics but lacks bill referral authority.

When a political group tries to change a voting district to create a result that helps them or hurts the group against them.

What Supreme Court case legalized abortion?

Which labeled area on redistricting maps were the most desirable?

Segregation mandated or written into the law

The belief that one race is superior to another.

What court case created "separate but equal?"

What from the list below is protected by the 1st Amendment?

Which court case decision requires rights to be read to you when arrested?

What are the three important clauses of the 14th Amendment?

Limitations on the power of government, designed to ensure personal freedoms

Prohibits the government from endorsing a state-sponsored religion; preventing the government from favoring one religion over another

State and local laws that promoted racial segregation and undermined Black voting rights in the south after the Reconstruction.

Which of the following is an example of a special interest group?

This occurs when someone who will receive a big benefit from a collective action project does not pay a big enough share.

An attempt to influence policy by persuading a government policy-making official.

What the people think of a given issue or set of issues.

General agreement on an issue is called...

Public opinion which is polarized between two opposite positions.

Early election to narrow down candidates before the general elections.

If you are registered as an independent, can you vote in the Pennsylvania primaries?

Interviews or surveys of a sample of citizens used to estimate how the public feels about an issue or set of issues.

An organized effort by a group of people to get a candidate elected to

political office.

The government organization that oversees all federal elections.

The collection of a party’s positions on issues it considers politically important.

A condition in which one or more houses of the legislature is controlled by the party in opposition to the executive

The majority of the votes of every US citizen that voted in an election.

Can someone win the Presidency without receiving the popular vote?

The system used in the US under the Constitution to select the President and Vice President.

How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the Presidency?

How many electoral votes does Pennsylvania have?

In order for a poll to be reliable, it must have...