Civic Engagement

What makes something a "common good"?

• Everyone can use it

• Elites are barred from using it

• The item(s) must be ordinary

• The value of items must be small

_______ Rule is the fundamental principle of democracy; that the power to make decisions binding upon the whole should be made by most (50%+1) people.

a form of government where political power rests in the hands of the people

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• totalitarianism

• democracy

The means by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority in order to accomplish collective goals is called a ____________>

• Institution

• Democracy

• Union

• Government

If the people on the red slice are being politically dominated by the person with the white flag we would say that they do not have... (Check 3)

b

c

e

private goods

public goods

political power

minority rights

direct democracy

majority rule

Answer explanation

The group on the red slice has more people than the singular white flag man so we know that they do not have much influence over a government's institutions, leadership, or policies (political power) nor do they have majority rule because they have more people to make those type of decisions. In addition, we can safely assume that if they had direct democracy the majority would not create the conditions of political oppression they find themselves in.

Which action does NOT promote the common good?

• telling your family about the laws you don't think we should follow

• cleaning up litter in your area

• listening to others while they are talking

• tutoring classmates that need help

What type of service project would help promote the common good?

• Throwing a party

• Going to visit your Grandma

• Going to the movies with friends

• Planning a beach clean up

Reorder the following political systems so that those with the most concentration of power are on the left and the least concentration of power on the right.

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• totalitarianism

• monarchy

• oligarchy

The process by which we decide how resources will be allocated and which policies the government will pursue is called _______.

What type of political system does this picture represent?

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy