Social Studies Ch 8

A public policy issue is a problem that ____ ______ are interested in solving.

• many people

• few people

• some people

Which is a public policy issue?

• Mikayla's bike was stolen

• Dan's mom complained. The grocer hand run out of the bread she liked.

• The city may sell part of a city park to build more homes.

TRUE or FALSE: Thing about policy issues.

All people do NOT agree about them. This happens because they pursue their happiness in different ways. People have different ideas on what is best for the common good.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What are two ways to share an idea about public policy? (Choose 2)

• Email everyone I know and ask them to forward it to everyone they know

• Write a note on a rock

• Campaign with your friends and peers to share your idea

• Draw it in the sand

What is the Great Lakes Drainage Basin?

• The Detroit River

• The area of land where all the rivers flow into the Great Lakes.

• Lake Superior

• Soo Locks

Freshwater is water without?

• sugar

• spice

• salt

• butter

What is the water in the Great Lakes used for?

• Just for swimming

• People, businesses, farms, evaporates, and flows into the ocea

• Just for shipping purposes only

What is recycling?

• Throwing away garbage

• riding a bike over and over

• Reuse of materials

How is water pollution caused?

• When bad chemicals get into our water

• When we are swimming at the beach

• From dancing in the rain

• The gas given off when coal is burned

What is the Common Good?

• To make life bad for everybody

• To make life better for only your self

• Working together to make life better for everyone.