Unit II Review (Benchmark)

Definition of civics?

• Ruling authority for a community

• Study of the rights and duties of citizens

• Course of government action to achieve community goals

• Paying taxes

Most important responsibility citizens have in the United States

• Serve on a jury

• Free Speech

• Selective Service

• Voting

There are two ways you can become a US citizen, one is birth what is the other?

• deportation

• legalization

• immigration

• naturalization

The ruling authority of a community is

• Democracy

• Government

• Civics

• Dictator

What type of democracy do we have in America?

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Independent Republic

• Dictatorship

System of government in which power is shared by levels?

• Parliamentary system

• Confederal system

• Unitary system

• Federal system

What is social contract theory?

• Rights that are guaranteed to all people at birth and that cannot be taken away by the government.

• Theory that people create government by giving up certain rights in exchange for protections.

• Idea which says that all governments must have a balanced separation of power to work.

• Theory that states people cannot overthrow the government, even if that government abuses its power.

The “Intolerable Acts”/Coercive Acts can best be described as

• Tax on imported goods like lead, glass, and tea.

• Quartering of troops and loss of colonist’s rights.

• Tax on paper

• The King’s response to the Olive Branch Petition.

Rights given to everyone at birth are known as?

• Civil Responsibilities

• Social Contract Theory

• Natural Rights

• Civic Duties

Written in 1215 this document introduced the concepts of limited government and rule of law.

• Constitution

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence