This document appears to be a mock Jeopardy game covering various topics related to US politics and the 2012 presidential election. It includes categories on political ideologies, the nomination process, the two-party system, and stances of Obama and Romney on key issues in the 2012 election such as abortion, gay marriage, healthcare, and immigration. The document tests the player's knowledge of these topics through questions and answers in the Jeopardy game format.

1. Jeopardy
Political 2-Party or
Ideologies Selection Party? D or R? Election ‘12
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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from Political
Ideologies
This political ideology would
support affirmative action.

3. $100 Answer from Political
Ideologies
Liberal

4. $200 Question from Political
Ideologies
Which group favors a
rapid fundamental change
in the existing social,
economic or political order
and uses extreme measures
including violence to
achieve their goals

5. $200 Answer from Political
Ideologies
Radical

6. $300 Question from Political
Ideologies
De-Regulation of Businesses is
favored by this political ideology.

7. $300 Answer from Political
Ideologies
Conservative

8. $400 Question from Political
Ideologies
These people believe that the
government should actively
promote social reform to increase
individuals’ well being. Favor
change but work peacefully within
existing political system.

9. $400 Answer from Political
Ideologies
Liberals

10. $500 Question from Political
Ideologies
If a community needed a train
station this group would abandon
the train station entirely since they
do not approve of train stations in
the first place.

11. $500 Answer from Political
Ideologies
Reactionary

12. $100 Question from Selection
An election in which only
members of a political party can
vote. [Most commonly used in
selecting delegates to party
conventions]

13. $100 Answer from Selection
Closed Primaries

14. $200 Question from Selection
This type of selecting candidates
occurs in private meetings by party
leaders and is criticized for being
undemocratic

15. $200 Answer from Selection
Caucus

16. $300 Question from Selection
A gathering of party members,
and local and state party officials
that meets every 4 years,
primarily to nominate the party’s
presidential and vice-presidential
candidates.

17. $300 Answer from Selection
National Convention

18. $400 Question from Selection
The act by which political
parties give favors to reward
party loyalty

19. $400 Answer from Selection
Patronage

20. $500 Question from Selection
This is the party’s statement of
principles, beliefs and positions
on vital issues.

21. $500 Answer from Selection
Platform

22. $100 Question from 2-Party or
Party?
The largest number of votes in an
election.

23. $100 Answer from 2-Party or
Party?
Plurality

24. $200 Question from 2-Party or
Party?
These minor parties allow
the promotion of hotly
debated issues in election
seasons

25. $200 Answer from 2-Party or
Party?
Third parties

26. $300 Question from 2-Party or
Party?
In the U.S.- promoting a political
agenda, educating voters and
financing election campaigns are
responsibilities of…

27. $300 Answer from 2-Party or
Party?
Political Parties

28. $400 Question from 2-Party or
Party?
The party that is not in power.

29. $400 Answer from 2-Party or
Party?
Watchdog

30. $500 Question from 2-Party or
Party?
This type of Third party
focuses exclusively on one
major social, economic or
moral issue.

31. $500 Answer from 2-Party or
Party? System
Single-Issue Party

32. $100 Question from D or R
Confronting American enemies
with or without UN support is an
approach this group uses in
regards to National Defense

33. $100 Answer from D or R
Republican

34. $200 Question from D or R
These are voters who support
neither Republican or Democrat
parties.

35. $200 Answer from D or R
Independents

36. $300 Question from D or R
African Americans,
environmentalists, pro-choice
Americans and gay Americans
all are special interest groups
whose members typically vote
for what party?

37. $300 Answer from D or R
Democratic Party

38. $400 Question from D or R
The 2012 Republican President and
Vice President candidates.

39. $400 Answer from D or R
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan

40. $500 Question from D or R
The Green Party is a single-
issue party offshoot of which
party?

41. $500 Answer from D or R
Democratic

42. $100 Question from Election '12
Name the Issue and the Stance:
“As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v.
Wade, we must remember that this Supreme
Court decision not only protects a woman’s
health and reproductive freedom, but also
affirms a broader principle: that government
should not intrude on private family
matters….”
-Barack Obama

43. $100 Answer from Election '12
Abortion, Pro-Choice

44. $200 Question from Election '12
Name the Issue and the Stance:
“I agree with 3,000 years of recorded history. I
disagree with the Supreme Judicial Court of
Massachusetts. Marriage is an institution
between a man and a woman.”
- Mitt Romney

45. $200 Answer from Election '12
Gay Marriage, Against.

46. $300 Question from Election '12
Name the Issue and the
Stance:
“But I am a fiscal
conservative. I believe in
cutting spending and cutting
taxes.” –Mitt Romey

47. $300 Answer from Election '12
Economy, or Government Spending:
1. Cut Gov’t Spending

48. $400 Question from Election '12
Name the issue and the stance:
“…reform that will secure our borders, and
punish employers who exploit immigrant
labor; reform that finally brings the 12
million people who are here illegally out of
the shadows by requiring them to take steps
to become legal citizens” –Barack Obama

49. $400 Answer from Election '12
Immigration, Pro.

50. $500 Question from Election '12
Name the issue and the stance:
“Once this reform is implemented, health
insurance exchanges will be created, a
competitive marketplace where uninsured
people and small businesses will finally be
able to purchase affordable, quality
insurance. They will be able to be part of a
big pool and get the same good deal that
members of Congress get. That’s what’s
going to happen under this reform. “
-Barack Obama

51. $500 Answer from Election '12
Healthcare, Pro-Obama
Care, Health care for all

52. Final Jeopardy
What issue in the 2012 Presidential
Campaign is the most important?

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
Choices: Immigration,
Abortion, Gay Rights,
Education, Energy,
Healthcare, Afghanistan,
Iran…etc…