Tk civics ppt

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!

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400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

Branches of Gov’t – 100

• These are the three branches of Government.

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Branches of Gov’t - 100

• Judicial, Legislative, and Executive

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• This is the system used to prevent one branch from being more powerful than the others and ensures cooperation among them.

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• Checks and Balances

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• 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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• The Legislative Branch

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• This Branch ensures that laws are obeyed and is led by the President.

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•Executive

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• This branch is made up of the court system which decides how our laws relate to the constitution.

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•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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