To understand a public issue, a person needs to gather information from one source. True or False?
What is false, because a person needs to fully understand the public issues and the sides of the issue by looking at at least two sources?
What form of government does the United States have? Dictatorship, Monarchy, or Democracy?
What is Democracy?
Who is the ultimate ruler in a absolute monarchy? What are they called?
What is a king or queen?
Citizens in an absolute monarchy have protected rights. True or False?
What is false? In an absolute monarchy, the king and queen run every part of the government and have full control of things. No citizen participation in the government.
True or False? Voting is one way to actively participate in the government.
True, voting allows you to put your thoughts into the right candidate for the job.
What form of government gives basic rights to the people and they are guaranteed? The right of speech, press, freedom, religion, etc.
What is a democracy?
What form of government is the opposite of a dictatorship?
What is a democracy?
What type of monarchy is Britain, the United Kingdom, when the king or queen doesn't have complete power and the people of the government have rights too?
What is a constitutional monarchy?
What is the topic of a story or news article? It is normally found in the beginning of the article or story and can sometimes in the title.
What is the main idea?
A king gets power from his parents in a monarchy. True or False?
True - power is inherited and passed down from parent to child.
Doing something for the common good means:
A. Using tax money dishonestly
B. Showing random acts of kindness
C. Benefiting citizens of the community as a whole
D. Helping a citizen hurt on the side of the road
What is C? Common good means doing something to help your community where you don't expect any repayment back to you for doing it.
What two governments are similar in that one ruler has unlimited power, the citizens have no voice, and no protected rights?
Democracy, Absolute Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, or Dictatorship?
What is an absolute monarchy and dictatorship?
What is the extra information that you provide as evidence after the main idea called?
What is the supporting details?
Which statement best describes a democracy?
A. The government has unlimited power.
B. Citizens actively participate in the government.
C. Power is usually taken by force.
D. A person is given inherited power to be passed down to the next ruler.
What is B - citizens actively participate in the government?
Which one describes a government with limited power?
Citizens have no control, the government has total control, a constitution protects the citizen's rights?
What is a constitution protects the citizen's rights is a characteristics of a government with limited power?
Which one of these is a better example of a public issue and why?
A. Installing a traffic light at a busy intersection
B. Settling a boundary dispute between neighbors
C. A group of people working to clean up a park
What is A - because by putting that traffic light there the public is benefiting and it is helping all. It is an issue that all people can discuss and put their thoughts into.
A. There are restrictions on what the government can and can not do.
B. Citizens are subject to the government's absolute power by their leader.
C. Citizens have supreme control and power.
D. The government protects the rights of citizens.
What are two countries in the world that have democracies ?
What is United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and Spain?
Before a citizen can actively participate in the community for the common good, they need to do what?
What is they need to research about the public issue by looking at 2 sources of information?
What determines the relationship between those in power and the citizens? Which one of these?
The government's structure, the government's popularity, the government's economic trading partners?
What is the structure of the government because in these 3 types of governments have certain leaders that show more or less power?
Economics has nothing to do about power and citizens. Popularity could lead to the relationship between citizens and government to be bad.
What is a book published every year with important facts and information?
What is an almanac?
What are two resources you could get sources of information from?
What is an almanac, map, trade books, magazines, newspapers, photographs, and websites?
What is a main difference between a democracy and a dictatorship?
What is in a democracy the people have the control over the government? What is in a dictatorship, one person has the main control over the government?
Why is the Korean Peninsula area unique with the types of government? like monarchy, dictatorship, and democracy. Must be right to get the points.
What is on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea is ran by a dictator and has a dictatorship whereas South Korea has a democracy where citizens have the power?
How would you describe the power of the government (unlimited or limited) for a democracy, for a dictatorship, and for a monarchy? You must be right with a 3 to get the points.
In a democracy, the power is limited. In the dictatorship, the power is unlimited. In the monarchy, the power is unlimited.