Political Science

INSTRUCTIONS

Provide a minimum of one complete paragraph in response to each of the following ten questions. Detailed examples should be included in all answers .

Must be written in your own words. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. DO NOT SITE SOURCES FOR ANSWERS!!!

TRY TO COMPLETE AT LEAST 7 QUESTIONS IF YOU CAN’T FINISH 10 WITHIN 2 HOURS

1. Provide an outline for how a bill becomes law in the state legislature in California. Make sure to identify the Governor’s role.

2. According to the assigned reading, summarize the Governor’s most important powers. Who was the Governor before Governor Newsom?

3. Outline the hierarchy of the California Court System. How does one obtain the position of Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court? Who is the current Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court?

4. Define the terms Gross Domestic Product, Unemployment Rate, Inflation and Recession. How is Growth Domestic Product used to measure the nation’s economic growth?

5. How much is the national debt? How much is the unfunded liability of the U.S. Government? According to lecture, what are the four choices our leaders will have to address the growing debt?

6. What are the two most popular and expensive social insurance programs? Why are they so popular? What challenges do they face?

7. Provide three examples of means tested entitlement programs. What are they designed to do?

8. Medicare and Medicaid are two of the largest programs in the government budget. Who do they serve? Why are they there? What was the purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010?

9. In terms of approaches to U.S. Foreign Policy, what is unilateralism and multilateralism? Of our last four Presidents, including Biden, identify those who leaned toward each approach.

10. According to the text and lecture, what were the lessons learned from Iraq. Be specific and comment.