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Vocabulary
Civic Participation
Challenges for Democracy
Regulating the Internet
100
Things that people create, such as art, music and software.
Intellectual Property
100
Another name for "Internet Discussion Forums". These provide away for groups of people to share concerns with each other online.
Newsgoups
100
What do we call a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power?
Authoritarian
100
The owner's exclusive rights to control, publish and sell an original work.
Copyright
200
Free from political ties or bias.
Nonpartisan
200
Web sites for people to share opinions about politics are called _______.
Political Blogs
200
What is the spreading and promoting of certain ideas that may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate people?
Propaganda
200
What rights are you violating when you illegally download an artist's music online?
Copyright protection
300
Person who disagrees with the established political or religious system.
Dissident
300
Internet access is available to __________ of the population.
most
300
What does the Children's Online Protection Act require web site companies to do?
Get permission from child's parents.
300
Why is taxing e-commerce difficult?
Sales taxes vary from state to state.
400
Income that a government or business collect.
Revenue
400
What is the danger of using political blogs and grassroots web sites for information about political candidates?
The information on these sites may be slanted or bias.
400
The government and businesses collect data using ________.
Huge data warehouses
400
What does the Children's Internet Protection Act do?
Requires nearly all schools to block offensive or dangerous web materials.
500
Difference in Internet access by ethnicity and family income level.
Digital Divide
500
List one way that E-Government sites are helpful.
Help obtain marriage licenses, learn how representatives voted on issues, register to vote, request an absentee ballot.
500
What agency did president Bush use to eavesdrop electronically on citizens post 9/11?
The NSA
500
Why was part of the Communications Decency Act struck down by the Supreme Court?
The law violated the First Amendment rights of adults.