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1.
What typically happens to money previously posted for bail when a defendant appears in court?
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It Is Refunded
2.
Where can you file a complaint if you think that a company or charity has treated you unfairly?
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Better Business Bureau
3.
Who owns most of the means of production in a capitalist economy?
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Private People
4.
Indecent material being forbidden on commercial television is a form of what?
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Censorship
5.
What term describes the post-World War II rivalry between the USA and the USSR?
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Cold War
6.
What is the name for a group that is registered to bargain for a group of employees?
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Labor Union
7.
What is it called when only one company competes in a market?
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Monopoly
8.
What happens to the cost of products and services as the Consumer Price Index increases?
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It Increases
9.
Which of these things cannot be copyrighted?
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Books You Own But Didn't Write
10.
What type of services does a credit union provide?
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Banking
11.
In a trial, the lawyer typically cross-examines whom?
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The Witness
12.
What is your debt?
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Money That You Owe
13.
Who is being sued, and has to pay any judgment, in a civil trial?
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The Defendant
14.
When a non-U.S. citizen is kicked out of the country, we say they have been what?
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Deported
15.
Which term explains why the same amount of money is worth less in the future than it is today?
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Discount Rate
16.
What describes how much money is left to spend after you've purchased essentials?
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Discretionary Income
17.
Mistreating someone because of their skin color is known as what?
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Racism
18.
When a person's legal rights are not protected, we say they have been denied what?
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Due Process
19.
Money is transferred from U.S. dollars to other countries' currency using what?
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Exchange Rate
20.
What order, similar to a law, may be issued by a U.S. President?
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Executive Order
21.
When a country ships its goods to another country, what is this action called?
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Exporting
22.
What is the most serious type of crime?
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Felony
23.
To gerrymander means what?
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To Contort District Boundaries
24.
What can a grand jury do with criminal suspects?
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Indict Them For Trial
25.
Which of the following words is synonymous with "authority"?
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Jurisdiction
26.
If there is more supply than demand, what will happen to the price of a good?
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Price Will Go Down
27.
How many men and women sit on a standard American criminal (petit) jury?
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Twelve
28.
To veto some items in a bill but not the entire bill is called what?
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A Line-Item Veto
29.
Which of the following might an employer do during a labor dispute?
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Lockout
30.
Which term is used to describe when two companies fuse together as one?
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Merger
31.
An immigrant is someone who did what?
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Came From Another Country
32.
What is another word for a list of names of people who are trying to change something?
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Petition
33.
If I cut and paste from the internet to create a paper for school, what could I be guilty of?
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Plagiarism
34.
In a lawsuit, what is the legal term for a person who files a complaint against someone?
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Plaintiff
35.
Which of the following might you find on a ballot?
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Proposition
36.
Which of the following terms means "the number or amount constituting a proportional share"?
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Quota
37.
Which of the following means "approve"?
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Ratify
38.
How many candidates will compete in a second round or runoff election?
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Two
39.
What does the President use to prevent a bill from becoming a law?
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Veto
40.
What does "habeas corpus" translate to in English?
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You Have The Body
41.
What number on an addressed envelope helps the Post Office to deliver the mail more quickly?
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Zip Code
42.
What must be on almost every letter for it to be delivered by the Post Office?
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A Stamp Or Metered Postage
43.
What public building in a city or town lends its citizens books?
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Library
44.
What should a person driving a car do when coming to a red light?
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Stop
45.
What kind of doctor takes care of animals?
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Veterinarian
46.
Who grows crops and raises animals for a living?
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Farmer
47.
People who can't get to the polls can still vote using which following method?
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Absentee Ballot
48.
What two-word phrase refers to actions taken to increase the representation of women and minorities?
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Affirmative Action
49.
In which court would a person who lost an earlier trial be allowed to defend himself again?
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Appeals Court
50.
What is a bill that authorizes the spending of public funds called?
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Appropriations Bill
51.
What is the formal reading to the defendant of the charges against him called?
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Arraignment
52.
Who would vote in an "at-large" city council election?
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All Voters In The Entire City
53.
If a country exports more products than it imports, it is said to have a favorable what?
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Balance Of Trade
54.
What word refers to the act of abstaining from using or buying an item as an expression of protest?
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Boycott
55.
What words of warning in Latin tell a buyer to be careful of what they buy?
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Caveat Emptor
56.
When you buy bonds, you usually get back more money than you paid; the extra money is called what?
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Interest
57.
Which of these is generally not defined by a City Charter?
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City Ordinances
58.
What kind of bank raises its funds from business deposits?
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Commercial
59.
A formal agreement between two countries might be called a what?
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Compact
60.
When the federal government spends more money than it receives in revenue, what is this?
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A Deficit
61.
What term refers to being taxed on the same money twice?
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Double Taxation
62.
Which of the following is an example of electronic media?
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Website
63.
What's the inherent power by which the government can appropriate private property called?
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Eminent Domain
64.
Can you be arrested for something you did while it was still legal, and what is that called?
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No, An Ex Post Facto Law
65.
In a situation with a hung jury, what happens to the defendant?
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The Defendant May Be Retried
66.
Who can issue an indictment?
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A Grand Jury
67.
Which of these things is usually not considered infrastructure?
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A Flower Bed
68.
What are you given if a court orders you to do or not do something during a civil trial?
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Injunction
69.
What is the legal terminology for "the study, knowledge, or science of law"?
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Jurisprudence
70.
If someone is held legally responsible for their actions, they are said to be what?
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Liable
71.
A single principle of a political platform is called a what?
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Plank
72.
The 24th Amendment prohibits what kind of tax?
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Poll Tax
73.
Which of these can be blocked legally under the rule of prior restraint?
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A Request To Commit Crime
74.
Which of these is not used to protect domestic goods from foreign competition?
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Confiscating Foreign Goods
75.
Who can issue a search warrant?
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Judges
76.
Which of the following terms means "to verbally defame a persons' character"?
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Slander
77.
What does it mean to subsidize someone?
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Give Money To Them
78.
What multinational organization is responsible for ensuring the continuity of global trade?
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World Trade Organization
79.
What word fits the definition of "to volunteer for charitable, educational, or other activities"?
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Volunteerism
80.
Which of these is a name for the person who delivers the mail?
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Letter Carrier
81.
Who is the person at the library who checks out the books?
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Librarian
82.
What is the three digit number before a telephone number called?
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Area Code
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What person in the community makes sure the people follow the laws?
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Police Officer
84.
What person in the community puts out fires and comes if there is an emergency?
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Firefighter
85.
What do you call someone who flies an airplane?
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Pilot
86.
Which is not a bike-safety rule?
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Always Ride A Bike On Sundays
87.
When a person is pardoned or forgiven for a crime, they have been granted what?
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Amnesty
88.
Can an arbitrator's decision be appealed in the U.S. legal system?
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No, His Decision is Final
89.
Who was the first U.S. President to use Camp David as a retreat?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
90.
Which language does the word "caucus" come from?
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Algonquin
91.
What allows for judicial review by different courts at the same time and over the same matter?
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Concurrent Jurisdiction
92.
For how many members of Congress is any one person a "constituent"?
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Three: 1 House And 2 Senate
93.
Which of these is not paid for by disposable income?
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Taxes
94.
Which of these terms is used for basic information about a legal case?
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Docket
95.
Which Constitutional amendment prevents double jeopardy?
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Fifth Amendment
96.
Federalism is a form of government in which power is what?
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Divided
97.
To the nearest trillion dollars, how much was the Gross Domestic Product of the USA in 2006?
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Thirteen
98.
Which amendment to the Constitution allowed the U.S. federal government to collect income taxes?
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Sixteenth
99.
Drivers who are stopped for speeding have committed what type of offense?
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Infraction
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Who can the President choose to pardon?
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Anyone Not Being Impeached
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