Introduction Vocab

Question 1

Issue

Answer 1

A topic that connects to citizenship, identity, quality of life, and on which well-informed people people have different views and perspectives

Question 2

Perspective

Answer 2

Values and ideas shared by people with a common language, culture, and history

Question 3

Quality of life

Answer 3

A measure of personal and collective well-being

Question 4

Rights

Answer 4

What individuals and groups are allowed to do in society as established by law

Question 5

Society

Answer 5

A social system where a group of people share a common geographical region, sense of common identity and culture, and who participate in shared political and economical institutions for communal purpose of interest.

Question 6

Governanance

Answer 6

The process of governing

Question 7

Political system

Answer 7

The structure of government

Question 8

Economic system

Answer 8

How a society organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

Question 9

Opinion

Answer 9

personal reaction to issues

Question 10

Criteria

Answer 10

Standards for evaluating something

Question 11

Unbiased

Answer 11

Without preconceived ideas

Question 12

Anarchism

Answer 12

The people feel that public government has little or no functional authority. Anarchists believe that all public governments conflict with personal liberty and are unnecessary. They would get rid of all public governments and let only individuals and private groups govern the activities of a country.

Question 13

Totalitarianism

Answer 13

Demand total loyalty. A small group of people run the country. They put down all opposition and try to make the people believe that the state is all important and the individual has little freedom. use force, the threat of force or terrorism to maintain the control of people.

Question 14

Pluralism

Answer 14

Groups representing business, farming, labour, ethnic or racial segments of society work with government to develop policies that benefit them. The different groups put pressure on each other and on the public government so that a single group cannot dominate. Freedom for the individual is the most important aspect.

Question 15

Democracy

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People govern themselves. They make the laws for their community together. Large communities elect fellow citizens to represent them in making laws. People have almost unlimited opportunities to make the government truly representative. People vote in secret.

Question 16

Communism

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The government is tightly controlled by a small group very few have a voice in what government does or says. there is no freedom choosing a leader during voting. Ballots are casts for communist candidates only. There are no rival political parties; the people are not allowed to form them. All publications, radio, televisions etc with restrictions on what may be said or spoken.

Question 17

Constitutional Govrnment

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A basic set of laws which the people are governed. Outlines the form of government and rightd. The most important part of the constitution is the part that indicates the governments goals and purpose

Question 18

Monarchy

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A form of government in which the head of state inherits or is elected to a throne for a lifetime. Monarchs have various names such as king queen or prince. Years ago the monarchs power was absolute and he or she was responsible only to God. Today a monarchs duties are largely symbolic or ceremonial.

Question 19

Dictatorship

Answer 19

A system in government in which the rulers have no legal restrictions on their power. A dictator never has to have the approval of the people when he wants to make laws or change them. A dictator has exclusive control over the government. Most dictatorships are acquired through violence, force and political trickery and continual force.