ICTS Social Science-Political Science 117 Teacher Certification, 2nd Edition (XAM ICTS)

Table of Contents......Page 4
Skill 1.1 The vocabulary for American government......Page 6
Skill 1.2 The vocabulary for law studies.......Page 9
Skill 1.3 The vocabulary for international relations.......Page 11
Skill 1.4 Other major political systems......Page 13
Skill 2.1 Understanding illustrations, (maps, graphs, and charts)......Page 14
Skill 3.1 The study of demography, demographic tables, and statistics......Page 20
Skill 4.2 The reliability of media sources......Page 22
Skill 5.1 The functions of government.......Page 25
Skill 5.2 The origin of the "state."......Page 26
Skill 5.3 Modern major philosophies of the nature of government......Page 30
Skill 5.4 Other important modern political ideologies.......Page 37
Skill 6.1 The influence of geography, economics, and culture on politics......Page 46
Skill 7.1 Contrasting democracy, totalitarianism and authoritarianism......Page 50
Skill 8.1 The influence of the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and the British Bill of Rights......Page 52
Skill 8.2 The influence of the Declaration of lndependence and the Articles of Confederation......Page 53
Skill 8.3 The philosophical basis of the Declaration of Independence......Page 54
Skill 8.4 Overview of the duties, responsibilities and powers of 
each branch of the government......Page 55
Skill 8.5 Understanding the ideas of delegated, implied, reserved, and concurrent powers of the federal government and states......Page 57
Skill 8.6 The role and development of political parties in the United States.......Page 58
Skill 8.8 Elements of democratic suffrage and elections in the United States......Page 61
Skill 9.1 The jurisdiction of the court system at national and state levels.......Page 62
Skill 9.2 Identifying basic civil liberties and civil rights guaranteed under the U.S. legal system......Page 65
Skill 10.1 The process of acquiring citizenship and basic responsibilities of citizenship......Page 68
Skill 11.1 Understanding the evolution of U.S. foreign policy......Page 70
SAMPLE TEST......Page 81
Answer Key......Page 104
Bibliography......Page 105