USG 1.4 Lesson

Multiple Choice

Why is compromise important in a democracy?

• Compromise is needed to blend and adjust competing views to find the position most acceptable to the majority.

• Compromise is needed to help ensure the equality of all persons.

• Compromise is needed to provide the largest possible degree of individual freedom.

• Compromise is needed to ensure that all citizens are satisfied with the current laws.

Multiple Choice

How does democracy protect minority rights?

• by not allowing the passage of unsatisfactory public policies

• by recognizing that the minority usually represents the popular will

• by permitting the minority to overrule the majority on vital public issues

• by insisting that the majority listen to the arguments and ideas of the minority

Multiple Choice

The democratic concept of equality entitles all to equal

• abilities

• incomes

• opportunities

• living conditions

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best illustrates the difficulty of striking a balance between an individual's rights and the rights of society as a whole?

• A citizen votes for her chosen candidate for office.

• A businessman votes for the candidate he thinks will help his business prosper.

• In her pursuit of prosperity, a woman breaks the law by shoplifting.

• A man exercises his freedom of speech by wearing a T-shirt that is offensive to some conservative persons.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is considered a civic responsibility of an American citizen?

• insisting on equality for all

• allowing rule by the minority

• voting in a presidential election

• taking care of one's family

Multiple Choice

Read the following quote from George Washington: 'The very idea of the power and right of the People to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.' In Washington's opinion, which of the following would be required?

• running for office

• voting

• volunteering

• following the law

Multiple Choice

The key relationship between democracy and free enterprise is that both

• promote equality

• are political systems

• are economic systems

• are based on individual freedom

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a government regulation that might restrict private enterprise?

• antitrust laws

• teacher certification

• traffic laws

• professional licensing

Match

Match the following

• duty

• citizen

• compromise

• majority rule

• free enterprise system

paying taxes

someone with certain rights and responsibilities within a state

blending competing views and interests

the largest group will be right more often than it is wrong

private ownership, individual initiative, profit, competition

• paying taxes

• someone with certain rights and responsibilities within a state

• blending competing views and interests

• the largest group will be right more often than it is wrong

• private ownership, individual initiative, profit, competition