Civics Mid-term Review 2018

Which of the following is a duty/obligation of citizenship?

• being informed and voting

• paying taxes

• petitioning the government

• community service

Which of the following is a responsibility of citizenship?

• jury duty

• paying taxes

• registering with the selective service (draft)

• being informed and voting

Which of the following is a step in the naturalization process?

• applying for a driver's license
• getting a job
• registering to vote
• taking a citizenship test

Only people born in the U.S. are considered citizens.

• True
• False

The idea that your citizenship is based upon your parents no matter where you are born.

• Law of Blood
• Law of Soil

It is the idea that citizenship is based upon where you are born. 

• Law of Blood
• Law of Soil

A system of government in which political power resides with the people.

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

• A system of government that one person has absolute power.
• A single ruler (dictator, absolute monarchy)

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

A few people hold all the power.

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy

1. A system of government in which the people elect candidates to make policies and laws for them.
2. This is the type of government that the United States has.

• Direct Democracy
• Representative Democracy