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Civics Jeopardy
Taylor KalchbrennerSS Final Presentation
Fall 2010
Objectives
• 5th grade students will play jeopardy to review civics ideas and terms.
• 5th grade students will recall information about branches, people, taxes, and other terms relating to civics.
DIRECTIONS
• Select a question by picking an appropriate topic and difficulty level.
• Click on the number and read the given question. Answer and then click ‘answer’ to reveal if you’re correct.
• Click ‘home’ to return to the game board.
• Good luck!
CivicsBranches
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People in Governmen
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Numbers in Governmen
tTaxes Terms
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200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500
Branches of Gov’t – 100
• These are the three branches of Government.
• Answer
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Branches of Gov’t - 100
• Judicial, Legislative, and Executive
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Branches of Gov’t - 200
• This is the system used to prevent one branch from being more powerful than the others and ensures cooperation among them.
• Answer
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Branches of Gov’t - 200
• Checks and Balances
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Branches of Gov’t - 300
• This branch is responsible for making the laws for our country. It is made up of Congress which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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Branches of Gov’t - 300
• The Legislative Branch
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Branches of Gov’t - 400
• This Branch ensures that laws are obeyed and is led by the President.
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Branches of Gov’t - 400
•Executive
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Branches of Gov’t - 500
• This branch is made up of the court system which decides how our laws relate to the constitution.
• Answer
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Branches of Gov’t - 500
•Judicial
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People – 100
• These are people within a representative’s district
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People - 100
•Constituents
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People - 200
• This person is the head of the executive branch
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People - 200
•The President
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People - 300
• The president of the Senate
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People - 300
•Vice President
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People - 400
• We vote for these people who then elect the president
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People - 400
•Electoral College (Electors)
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People - 500
• The next in line for presidency after the Vice President
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People - 500
• Speaker of the house
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Numbers - 100
• The Number of years a president can normally serve in office.
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Numbers - 100
•Eight years
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Numbers - 200
• Required age to be in the House of Representatives.
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Numbers - 200
•Twenty-Five
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Numbers - 300
• Required age to be in the Senate
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Numbers - 300
•Thirty
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Numbers – 400
• Law requires that the House of Representatives has this many members.
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Numbers - 400
•435
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Numbers - 500
• Parliamentary procedure requires that a vote that can affect minority rights be passed with this supermajority
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Numbers - 500
•Two thirds
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Taxes - 100
• A fee charged by the government for goods, activities, pay, etc.
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Taxes - 100
•Tax
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Taxes - 200
• Charge made on the purchase of goods or merchandise
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Taxes - 200
•Sales Tax
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Taxes - 300
• Charge taken from a person’s earnings
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Taxes - 300
•Income Tax
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Taxes - 400
• Charge placed on certain goods such as alcohol, tobacco, or gasoline
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Taxes - 400
•Excise Tax
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Taxes - 500
• A basic wage & tax statement used by employers
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Taxes - 500
•Tax form W-2
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Terms - 100
• A citizen of one country who lives in another
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Terms - 100
•Alien
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Terms - 200
• A person running for an office
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Terms - 200
•Candidate
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Terms - 300
• A proposed law
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Terms - 300
•Bill
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Terms - 400
• A plan for raising and spending money
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Terms - 400
•Budget
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Terms - 500
• The use of strong arguments and long speeches to prevent a vote on a bill
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Terms - 500
•Filibuster
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