Question

1Answer: a member of a group living under the rule of a government
a. fascism e. citizen
b. communism f. civics
c. sovereignty g. public policy
d. democracy h. economic system
2Answer: the study of American citizenship
a. fascism e. citizen
b. communism f. civics
c. sovereignty g. public policy
d. democracy h. economic system
3Answer: the highest power to rule a country
a. fascism e. citizen
b. communism f. civics
c. sovereignty g. public policy
d. democracy h. economic system
4Answer: a plan of action designed by the government to support a goal that
improves the lives of its citizens
a. fascism e. citizen
b. communism f. civics
c. sovereignty g. public policy
d. democracy h. economic system
5Answer: a form of government in which a dictator and businesses support each
other to gain more power
a. fascism e. citizen
b. communism f. civics
c. sovereignty g. public policy
d. democracy h. economic system
6Answer: One way of classifying governments is by the number of geographical
regions being governed.
a. True
b. False
7Answer: A dictatorship is a government in which one person holds the complete
power to rule.
a. True
b. False
8Answer: Governments can be classified by the number of people who rule and by
the amount of control a government has over the people.
a. True
b. False
9Answer: A country's economic system is determined by the amount and kind of
money a country produces.
a. True
b. False
10Answer: The concept of democracy originated with the founders of the United
States when they wrote the Constitution.
a. True
b. False
11Answer: Those who take part in ruling the group are together known as a(n)
_____.
12Answer: Another word for "to rule" a group of people is "to _____."
13Answer: The word "civics" come from the Latin word "_____."
14Answer: The _____ of a people includes the language, customs, values, and
beliefs of that people.
15Answer: Ideally, in a(n) _____ country there would be no need for government and
the people would receive products and services based upon their needs.
16Answer: An economic system in which business leaders are free to open businesses
and in which consumers are free to buy the goods and services they want
is called the _____ system.
17Answer: A(n) _____ democracy works best in a country with many people living in
a large geographic area.
18Answer: Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in _____ as a
way to achieve their goals.
19Answer: A _____ is a government in which the people hold the final authority to
rule.
a. monarchy
b. democracy
c. communism
d. fascism
20Answer: The United States is an example of
a. constitutional democracy.
b. direct democracy.
c. constitutional monarchy.
d. representative democracy.
21Answer: In a _____ country, the government interferes less with business
activities of the people.
a. capitalist
b. fascist
c. communist
d. socialist
22Answer: A totalitarian government is one in which
a. a few people rule and try to watch over every aspect of the lives of
citizens.
b. a few businesses rule the entire country.
c. a wealthy few govern everyone.
d. one person governs all business activity.
23Answer: Which of the following does not describe a socialistic economic system?
a. control of certain industries
b. equal distribution of a country's wealth or resources
c. health care planned by the government
d. significant tax breaks for the wealthy
24Answer: In 1848, Karl Marx described a political and economic system known as
a. free enterprise.
b. socialism.
c. communism.
d. fascism.
25Answer: If you read a newspaper article about an upcoming election and give a
report to your civics class about the qualifications of a certain can-
didate, which citizenship skills are you using?
a. gathering information and making decisions
b. making judgments and decisions
c. making decisions and cooperating
d. gathering and communicating information

Answer 1

1.citizen
2.civics
3.sovereignty
4.public policy
5.fascism
6.true
7.true
8.true
9.false
10.true