What is Civics?
Set by law but are duties citizens agree to fulfill or should fulfill
Responsibilities
What makes a good citizen? Provide 3 characteristics.
Social issues happen when people in your community have everything they need for a healthy and independent life. True or false?
False
What type of government best describes Canada?
Where did democracy first emerge?
Athens, Greece
A person’s moral or legal entitlement to have or do something
Rights
Which characteristic of a good citizen do the following items below best describe?
Develop beliefs & values based on your understanding of a democratic society
Develop a social conscience
Feel that you have a civic duty
Purposeful
Identify 3 stakeholders (discussed in class) that work together to solve social issues.
Government, Businesses, and Community Organisations (charities or NGOs)
Which of the following statements is not in keeping with democracy?
a. Citizens should have rights and freedoms
b. Educating citizens is important
c. Citizens should accept the principles of autocracy
d. Citizens should have personal freedoms as well as a sense of group responsibility
C
Democracies favour the majority, true or false?
True
The absence of necessity, coercion, or restraint in choice or action
Freedoms
Which characteristic of a good citizen do the following items best describe?
Inquiry & research issues, watch/read the news on your own
Collaboration, discuss with others
Work with others to achieve a goal
Get involved in the community
Active
Identify the social issue: The state of being extremely poor.
Poverty
Identify the type of government: Power is in the hands of a few influential individuals.
Oligarchy
The Greek term 'Demos' means...
People
Someone who is by birth or naturalization a legal member of a nation and who, as a result, has the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Citizen
A decision making system that has the power to make laws and direct the affairs of a country, province, or municipality.
Government
Identify the social issue: The condition of not having access to sufficient food, or food of an adequate quality and nourishment, to meet one's basic needs.
Food insecurity
Identify the type of government: Government owns and runs everything in the “name of the people.”
Communism
The Greek term 'Kratos' means...
Force or Power
The study of how public decisions are made on issues that are important to the whole community.
Civics
A society of different groups with a range of beliefs and values, which can influence political life.
Pluralistic Society
Where is Canada on the Human Development Index? Provide a specific number.
16
Identify the type of government: In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was believed to be the offspring of the sun god, Ra.
No one is above the law is also described as...
Rule of Law