Instructions for Playing Jeopardy

1. Instructions for Playing Jeopardy • Click on the question that you want to attempt, example $100 • Read the question and click on the to advance • To return to the main playing board for another question, click on the blue box in the left hand corner of the answer screen. • To advance to Double Jeopardy click • Press page down to begin playing the game Correct Answer Return

3. Help Me

4. Give me a check

5. What if I get sick?

6. Let’s get diplomatic

7. Tree Huggers

8. Think Globally

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10. Approximately ____ percent of all Americans live in a traditional family in which a father works and a mother stays home to care for children. 10 15 25 5

11. Answer 5 Return

12. The loss of a breadwinner, a disability, or poor economic opportunity could lead someone to be viewed as a member of the feminized poor means-tested “deserving poor” “undeserving poor”

13. Answer “deserving poor” Return

14. Which of the following is NOT associated with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act? People on welfare would have to find work within two years or lose all benefits. Each state received a fixed amount of money to run its welfare programs. It received near unanimous backing from Democrats and Republicans. Its goal was to “end welfare as we know it.”

15. Answer It received near unanimous backing from Democrats and Republicans. Return

16. Daily Double!!

17. Which of the following was NOT part of the Simpson-Mazzoli Act? Border controls were increased. Employers were forbidden to hire illegal immigrations, or to challenge documentation presented to them. Immigrations in the US when the law was passed were given a “path to citizenship” on a one-time basis if they learned English and had no criminal record. The US borders were temporarily closed to new immigrants for a 5 year “cooling off” period.

18. Answer The US borders were temporarily closed to new immigrants for a 5 year “cooling off” period. Return

19. The movement of people to another country with the intention of remaining there is called immigration emigration exporting assimilating

20. Answer immigration Return

21. Which of the following statements is TRUE? The quota system established by Congress in the early 1920s made it harder for immigrations from eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Congress began banning and restricting immigration at the beginning of the 20th century. The quota system established by Congress in the early 1920s favored immigrations from northwestern Europe. All are true.

22. Answer All are true. Return

23. The “bank account” into which Social Security contributions are “deposited” and used to pay out eligible recipients is the Social Security Trust Fund Federal Reserve National Bank Treasury Department

24. Answer Social Security Trust Fund Return

25. The United States Bureau of Census' definition of the poverty line takes into account what a family would need to spend for an austere standard of living and the size of the family. a daily intake of 2,000 calories and half the average hourly wage in the country. the earning power of the head of the household and racial composition of the family. the earning power of the head of the household and family size.

26. Answer what a family would need to spend for an austere standard of living and the size of the family. Return

27. Government's main tools for influencing the distribution of income and wealth are income taxation and expenditure policies. monetary policy and wage and price controls. extending eligibility for welfare and Medicare benefits. legislating and enforcing economic policies.

28. Answer income taxation and expenditure policies. Return

29. Debates about social policy are frequently debates about the age of the population the liquidity of the federal government. social responsibility. which party is running the government.

30. Answer social responsibility. Return

31. Americans have ________ health care. low-tech, inexpensive, and unequal high-tech, expensive, and unequal high-tech, expensive, and equal low-tech, expensive, and unequal

32. Answer high-tech, expensive, and unequal Return

33. The paradox of American health care is that we spend the greatest share of our national income on health than any other industrialized nation, but are far from having the healthiest population. we spend the smallest share of our national income on health than any other industrialized nation, but are far from having the healthiest population. we have the healthiest population, and spend the smallest share of our national income on health than any other industrialized nations. we have the healthiest population, but spend the smallest share of our national income on health than other industrialized nations.

34. Answer we spend the greatest share of our national income on health than any other industrialized nation, but are far from having the healthiest population. Return

35. Medicaid is funded by the federal government individuals private business and corporations. both states and the federal government

36. Answer both states and the federal government Return

37. Health maintenance organizations restrict physician lists for the provision of care. negotiate with physician groups on fees and costs. try to monitor most aspects of care to control unnecessary use. All are true

38. Answer All are true Return

39. Medicaid is a program designed to provide health care for the elderly. veterans. the very poor. everyone who lives below the poverty line.

40. Answer the very poor. Return

41. Multinational corporations Are usually strictly regulated by their host country. Have been known to link forces with the CIA to overturn governments they disliked. Contribute two-thirds of the world’s industrial output. Are among the oldest actors on the international stage.

42. Answer Have been known to link forces with the CIA to overturn governments they disliked. Return

43. The primary role of the Central Intelligence Agency is To carry out assassinations of foreign leaders hostile to the United States. To coordinate with the military in the War on Terror.. To gather information required for policymakers to make good decisions. To spy on American engaged in un-American activities.

44. Answer To gather information required for policymakers to make good decisions. Return

45. The cold war ended As a result of pro-democracy protests by Chinese students in Tiananmen Square. Spontaneously with freedom and self-determination erupting in Eastern Europe. With Iraq’s defeat in Kuwait in 1991. With the American occupation of Eastern Europe in 1945.

46. Answer Spontaneously with freedom and self-determination erupting in Eastern Europe. Return

47. The threat posed by terrorist groups and hostile states supporting them caused America to Recall many of its senior diplomats from the Middle East. Shift back to isolationism. Reconsider basic principles of its foreign policy. Emphasize the principles of deterrence and containment in foreign policy.

48. Answer Reconsider basic principles of its foreign policy. Return

49. Which of the following statements is not true about the changing role of military power? Military supremacy hasn’t necessarily allowed the United States to deal with its concerns unilaterally. U.S. military supremacy leaves it invulnerable to challengers. The U.S. military is increasingly dependent on its allies. The United States has the world’s mightiest military.

50. Answer U.S. military supremacy leaves it invulnerable to challengers. Return