Communities & Community Service

What is community service?

• Getting paid to do a job.

• volunteering to do extra chores for your family.

• Volunteering to do free work to benefit your community.

• Getting compensated to do work.

Examples of volunteer work would be

• Serving in a community dinner for the poor/in need.

• Organizing a clothing drive for the less fortunate.

• Picking up trash along the highway.

• All of the above.

How do citizens contribute to the improvement of a community?

• by volunteerism and civic responsibility

• by virtue and following the law

• by following volunteerism laws

• by spending time at the public library

Which term is defined as a theory or system of moral values dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation?

• Ethics
• Service Learning
• Integrity
• Productivity

Which of the following describes an URBAN community?

• shorter buildings with distant populations

• quiet and relaxing

• places are far apart

• tall buildings with dense populations

Which of the following describes a RURAL community?

• low population

• loud, crowded

• places are very close together

• tall buildings

Why is it important for people to pay property, income, and sales taxes?

• Taxes support community services

• It is good to share your money.

• Other people depend on it.

• To not go to jail.

Someone who lives in their community is called a...

• person

• citizen

• neighbor

• homeowner

Enforceable rules that are made by a community are called ___________________.

• laws

• curfews

• statutes

• ordinances

A small community that is close to a large city and has businesses close by is called __________.

• rural

• urban

• suburban

• country