Civics Update

• There will be a test on Chapters 10, 17, and 18 on Thursday, 5/2 (A-Day) & Friday, 5/3 (B-Day).  I will be passing out the study guide (below) to complete as a homework grade on Tuesday, 4/30 (A-Day) & Wednesday, 5/1 (B-Day).  The study guides will be due on the day of the test.
• Due to poor behavior, periods 4A and 5B will have extra homework to complete in order to better prepare themselves for their test.  (Students who were absent during 4A on Friday, 4/26, or not present during team time will be excused.  Excused grades on this assignment have been updated in grade portal) 
• Homework - Read lessons 2 & 3 of chapter 17 and complete questions 1-7 on page 467 and 1-6 on page 475.  This assignment will be due for 5B on Wednesday, 5/1, and for 4A on Thursday, 5/2.

Political Parties and Economics Study Guide

·         Review vocabulary

·         How does a candidate who is not a Democrat or Republican get his or her name on the ballot for a general election?

·         When and why was the Republican Party created?

·         What type of third party is most likely to last a long time?

·         What is a party platform?

·         Are political machines good for the democratic process?

·         What is a precinct captain?

·         What are the two main political parties in the United States?

·         Alexander Hamilton and Federalist believed in what type of federal government?

·         To win a primary election in most states, a candidate must receive a…

·         What are the benefits of a closed primary?

·         How do political parties help their candidate’s campaign for election?

·         What actions might a party supporter do on Election Day?

·         On a graph, demand is shown as…

·         Which type of resource is a factory building?

·         When the price of a good is low, people __________ more of it.

·         Of all the goods and services in the world, about how much does the United States produce?

·         Who makes most of the economic decisions in the United States?

·         Adam Smith argued that the best way for society to advance was for…

·         In a capitalist economy, why do people invest their savings in business?

·         What does GDP reflect?

·         What are 6 features of capitalism?

·         Which type of cost is labor?

·         What determines the kind of economy a nation has?

·         Why the United States is called a mixed market system?