1. Rules of Jeopardy Each team will choose a spokesperson.
I will only listen to that person.
You will have 1 minute to answer the question.
If you are wrong, you do not lose points, but the question can be “stolen.”
To steal a question, your representative must have the answer written down and be the first to raise his/her hand.
The only way to lose points is if you are too loud or are harassing other teams.
You will be given one warning before I subtract points.
The teacher has the final say. If you argue, we will stop playing.

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Final Jeopardy

3. This is the person who is the leader of the political party in power.
Political Parties $100
This is the person who is the leader of the political party in power.

4. Political Parties $100
What is the President?
Study Guide #4

5. Political Parties $200
Identify the two major political parties in the U.S. and their mascots.

6. What are the Democrats (donkey) and Republicans (elephant)?
Political Parties $200
What are the Democrats (donkey) and Republicans (elephant)?
Study Guide #6

7. Political Parties $300
These are two (2) main functions of political parties in the United States.

8. Political Parties $300 What are To win elections Hold public office
Inform the people
Campaign for candidates
Monitor the conduct of candidates in office
Appeal to as many people as possible
Study Guide #2

9. Political Parties $400
Give two (2) examples of the roles minor parties play in United States politics.

10. What are critic, innovator, and “spoiler” roles?
Political Parties $400
What are critic, innovator, and “spoiler” roles?
Study Guide #3

11. Political Parties $500
Name the three (3) goals of a political party at its national convention.

12. Political Parties $500 What are: Unify the party
Choose presidential candidate
Write the party platform
Study Guide #5

13. This is the person or group who has the sole power to declare war.
Congress $100
This is the person or group who has the sole power to declare war.

14. Congress $100
What is Congress?
Study Guide #13

15. These are the presidents who have been impeached.
Congress $200
These are the presidents who have been impeached.

16. Who are Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton?
Congress $200
Who are Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton?
Study Guide #14a

17. This is the purpose of a filibuster.
Congress $300
This is the purpose of a filibuster.

18. What is to delay or prevent action on a bill?
Congress $300
What is to delay or prevent action on a bill?
Study Guide #16

19. Identify who gerrymanders and why that group uses gerrymandering.
Congress $400
Identify who gerrymanders and why that group uses gerrymandering.

20. Congress $400
What is:
State legislatures use gerrymandering to give an advantage to one political party
Study Guide #12

21. Give examples of at least three(3) roles that all Congressmen play.

22. Congress $500 What is: Politicians Servants to their constituents
Representatives of their constituents
Legislators
Committee members
Study Guide #11

23. President $100
This is what must happen after the President appoints an official before he/she can take office.

24. What is the Senate must approve the appointment?
President $100
What is the Senate must approve the appointment?
Study Guide #24

25. These are the president’s two main legislative powers.

26. What is to recommend legislation
President $200
What is to recommend legislation
and the veto power?
Study Guide #26

27. These are the two (2) formal duties of the Vice President.

28. President $300
What is to help decide presidential disability and to preside over the Senate?
Study Guide #21

29. These are the three (3) qualifications for being President.

30. President $400 What are: Must be 35 years of age
Must be a natural born citizen
Must have lived in the United States for 14 years
Study Guide #18

31. President $500
Name the first four (4) people in line for the presidency, if the president dies/resigns, in order.

32. President $500 What are: Vice President Speaker of the House
President pro tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Study Guide #20

33. This is the number of justices that serve on the Supreme Court.
Judicial Branch $100
This is the number of justices that serve on the Supreme Court.

34. What is 9 total justices – a Chief Justice + 8 associate justices?
Judicial Branch $100
What is 9 total justices – a Chief Justice + 8 associate justices?
Study Guide #29a

35. This is why the Supreme Court is called the High Court.
Judicial Branch $200
This is why the Supreme Court is called the High Court.

36. Judicial Branch $200
What is it is the last court in which federal and constitutional questions can be decided?
Study Guide #29c

37. Judicial Branch $300
These are the two (2) general types of inferior courts at the federal level.

38. What are congressional courts and special courts?
Judicial Branch $300
What are congressional courts and special courts?
Study Guide #28

39. These are the four (4) parts of a Supreme Court case.
Judicial Branch $400
These are the four (4) parts of a Supreme Court case.

40. Judicial Branch $400 Oral arguments Briefs Court in conference Opinion
Majority opinion
Concurring opinion
Dissenting opinion
Study Guide #29b

41. Judicial Branch $500
This is the definition of judicial review and the name of the court case which established it.

42. Judicial Branch $500 What are: Marbury v. Madison
Power of the Supreme Court to rule acts of Congress or the President unconstitutional
Study Guide #30

43. This is what the 2nd Amendment says.
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This is what the 2nd Amendment says.

44. Civil Liberties $100
What is the right to bear arms? The Supreme Court interprets it as the right of each state to raise and keep a militia.
Study Guide #37

45. Civil Liberties $200
This is the Supreme Court case which resulted in everyone being guaranteed a right to an attorney.

46. What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Civil Liberties $200
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Study Guide #40

47. Civil Liberties $300
This is what the Free Exercise Clause says and the Amendment in which it is found.

48. Civil Liberties $300
What is the right to believe whatever one chooses in matters of religion – found in the 1st Amendment?
Study Guide #45

49. Civil Liberties $400
This is what the Due Process Clause says and the Amendment in which it is found.

50. Civil Liberties $400
What is that the state will not deny people any basic or essential liberties – found in the 14th Amendment?
Study Guide #39a

51. Civil Liberties $500
These are the three (3) provisions made in the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.

52. Civil Liberties $500 What are:
No state can ban abortions in the first trimester
Any state can regulate how, when, and where abortions may be performed in the second trimester
A state may ban abortions in the third trimester
Study Guide #34

53. Name the roles of the following people:
Final Jeopardy
Name the roles of the following people:
Barack Obama
Jerry Moran
Joe Biden
John Roberts
Kevin Yoder
Pat Roberts

54. Important Government Figureheads
Final Jeopardy Answer
Important Government Figureheads
( Study Guide #32 )
Barack Obama = President
Jerry Moran = Kansas Senator
Joe Biden = Vice President
John Roberts = Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Kevin Yoder = Kansas Representative (District 3)
Pat Roberts = Kansas Senator