1. Welcome to
Public Policy Review
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2. Final Jeopardy
Round 1
Round 2

3. Who’s yer fav teacher? 1
Wuzup? 6
You da bomb 2
Pass da APGO 3
Who Loves Ya? 4
Yo Mama 5
Round 2
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Final Jeopardy
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4. $100 Defense spending is greater than all of the following EXCEPT:
A) federal spending on energy research
B) federal entitlements
C) federal grants to local governments
D) federal spending on education
E) federal grants to states
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5. What are federal entitlements?
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What are federal entitlements?
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6. What does the Federal Reserve Board
(The Fed) regulate?
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7. What is the money supply
and credit?
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8. True or false, the Congress has the authority to appoint Ambassadors?
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9. What is False. That’s the President’s
job
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10. Government benefits that must be provided to individuals who meet
certain criteria are called:
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11. What are entitlements
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12. ________ is the regulation of the supply of money and credit to
promote the nation's economic
health.
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13. What is Monetary Policy?
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What is Monetary Policy?
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14. $100 True or false, as chief diplomat, the president
hires all civil servants working for the
Defense Department
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15. What is false.
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16. The long term viability of the Social Security system is
most threatened by:
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17. $200
What is an impending large number of retirees (the Baby Boomers) and a relatively small number of workers?
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18. True or false, the State Department is the primary foreign policy arm
of the United States government?
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19. What is True?
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20. Daily
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21. Cutting taxes leads to economic
expansion. This is the primary belief of
this group of economic thinkers. :
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22. $400 What are Supply Siders?
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23. $500 If a poor individual pays the same tax rate
as a rich individual, the tax is:
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24. $500
What is regressive?
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25. The largest source of federal revenue is:
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The largest source of federal revenue is:

26. What are individual income taxes?
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27. True or false, Medicare is an
example of a federal
entitlement?
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28. What is True?
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29. Daily
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30. $300
True or false, under the provisions of the 1996 Welfare Reform bill, healthcare benefits would be provided to people on welfare.

31. What is False?
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32. $400
True or false, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) has a direct role in the federal budget process

33. What is False?
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34. $500 The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
requires that government agencies ________
every time an agency proposes to undertake a
policy potentially disruptive to the natural
environment.
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35. What is file and Environmental
Impact Report (EIR)?
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36. $100
A ________ tax takes a higher percentage from the incomes of the rich than the poor.

37. What is a progressive tax?
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38. $200 All of the following are federal subsidy programs EXCEPT:
A) Medicaid
B) Medicare
C) food stamps
D) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
E) Americans with Disabilities Act

39. What is E, the Americans with Disabilities Act?
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What is E, the Americans with Disabilities Act?
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40. The federal income tax is an example of a ________ tax (progressive or
regressive)?
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41. $300
What is progressive?
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42. Medicaid is a program designed to provide health care for ______
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Medicaid is a program designed to provide health care for ______

43. What is the poor?
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44. Daily
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45. For the most part, health care spending in the US is paid for by?
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For the most part, health care spending in the US is paid for by?

46. What is the private sector? $500
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47. The purpose of “Paygo” is to:
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The purpose of “Paygo” is to:

48. What is to reduce budget deficits?
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What is to reduce budget deficits?
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49. responsible for coordinating foreign and military policy is:
The government body
responsible for coordinating
foreign and military policy is:
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50. What is the National Security Council?
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What is the National Security Council?
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51. Daily
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52. The excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues is called a:
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53. What is a budget deficit?
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54. The Social Security system is funded by:
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The Social Security system is funded by:

55. $400
What are payroll taxes?
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56. $500 Taxing and spending decisions by Congress
and the president are known as:
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57. What is fiscal policy?
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58. The purpose of antitrust legislation is to:
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59. To ensure competition and
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To ensure competition and
prevent monopolies
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60. True or false, one of the provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
is the adoption of uniform national
performance standards in major
subject areas.
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61. What is false
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62. Daily
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63. The Board of Governors of this critical independent economic
entity are given 14-year terms
designed to insulate them from
political pressures. What is the
________?
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64. What is The Federal Reserve
Board?
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65. $400 This branch of economic thinking argues for
stimulating the economy through government
spending programs?
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66. What are the Keynesians?
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67. $500 True or false, Medicare is part of the Social
Security system that provides health care to
the elderly.
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68. What is true?
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69. Regulating the Environment Final Jeopardy Question
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70. How and why has the national government been involved in environmental protection? Give at least two specific examples on both “how” and “why.”.
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71. Requiring EIR’s for all new developments Why:
How:
Creating the EPA
Requiring EIR’s for all new developments
Why:
For health reasons (pollution control)
For economic sustainability (fishing quotas)
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