AMGO Textbook - Ch. 1 Pt. 1

Since its founding, the US has relied on citizen participation, (AKA _______), at the local, state, and national levels.

• civic engagement

• civic duty

• government participation

• voting rights

The right of citizens to participate in government is an important feature of ______.

• democracy

• freedom

• property ownership

• none of these

The purpose of voting and other forms of political engagement is to ensure _____.

• the people serve the government

• freedom

• the government serves the people

• none of these

What is government?

• The means by which a country organizes itself and controls the people

• The means by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority

• The means for which the people purchase goods and services

• None of the above

Society allocates authority to the government in order to accomplish collective goals and _______.

• provide benefits that society as a whole needs

• provide goods and services

• prosecute those who are against those goals

• none of the above

What are some of society's collective goals?

• economic prosperity

• securing national borders

• safety and well-being of citizens

• all of the above

What are some of the benefits that the government provides?

• education

• health care

• infrastructure for transportation

• all of the above

_____ refers to the process of gaining and exercising control within a government for the purpose of setting and achieving particular goals.

• capitalism

• fraud

• politics

• none of the above

John Locke, an English political philosopher in the 17th century, believed that all people have natural rights to _____

• choose their gender

• bear arms

• life, liberty, and property

• none of the above

What type of economic system is used in the US?

• communism

• capitalism

• socialism

• none of the above