Ms. Holland’s Final Study Guide

1.        Know five different types of government, be able to define them and supply a country that is an example of each.

2.       Be able to explain the checks and balances between Congress and the Executive branches of government.  Use these words to explain your answer:

                                                              i.      Veto power

                                                            ii.      Power to issue executive orders

                                                          iii.      Power as commander in chief

                                                          iv.      Legislative oversight power

                                                             v.      Senate advice and consent power

                                                          vi.      Budgetary power

3.      Know 5 big political parties in the United States

a.       Be able to explain political interest groups and what “dark money” means to politics.

b.      Know redistricting and why it is important.

4.      Know what federalism is.  Be able to discuss the relationship between federal and state power (see that graph in your notebook/text book)

a.       KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE NORTH WON THE CIVIL WAR, FEDERAL POWER ALWAYS WINS OVER STATE POWER because the southern states wanted to keep state power to keep slavery legal and protect their agrarian (farming) economy.

b.      Know why powers are delegated (given) to the states and which powers are delegated (given) to the federal government AND power that they share.