Unit 1 Test

Question 1

What is a citizen?

Answer 1

A legal resident of a country who owes allegiance to that place and is entitled to full civil rights

Question 2

What are the three ways you can become a citizen?

Answer 2

• If you are born somewhere else but one parent is a U.S citizen
• If you are at all born in the U.S
• You take the immigration test and become a naturalized citizen

Question 3

What are the five requirements for naturalization

Answer 3

• Must be 18 years or older
• Must live here for at least 5 years
• Have limited English and grammar skills
• Show “Good Moral Character”
• Pass a basic history and gov. test

Question 4

Define a government

Answer 4

A group or individual that try’s to control society to create order by making and enforcing public policies

Question 5

What is a Duty

Answer 5

Things that a citizen MUST do

Question 6

What is a Responsibility

Answer 6

Things that a citizen SHOULD do

Question 7

What are the four characteristics that a state/ nation needs to have

Answer 7

• Population
• Territory w/ Boundaries
• Government
• Sovereignty

Question 8

What are the four theories on the origin of the state and what modern day political style do they represent

Answer 8

• Force Theory: Someone over took the power and ruled over forcingly (Dictatorship)
• Divine Right: Believe God gave someone the right to rule (Monarchy)
• Social Contract: Everyone agreed on one person to rule (Democracy)
• Evolutionary: Everything played out naturally and eventually someone became in charge

Question 9

What are the three ways to classify the forms of government

Answer 9

• Participation: Who can participate (Democracy, Direct Democracy, Representative Democracy, Dictatorship, Autocracy, Oligarchy)
• Geographic: Where is the gov. power located (Unitary gov., Confederate gov., Federal gov.)
• What is the relationship between the Legislative and Executive branches: (Presidential relationship, parliamentary relationship)