8th Hist. How America Works

The actions and attitudes that citizens take to participate in their community and society, with a focus on the common good.

• welfare

• civic responsibility

• patriotism

• jury duty

1. The portion of the economy composed of all levels of government and government-controlled enterprises.

• private sector

• public sector

• national sector

• local sector

3 levels of government

• legislative

  judicial

  executive

• private

  public

  community

• local

  state

  national

• republican

  democrat

  independent

3 branches of government

• private

  public

  shared

• federal

  state

  local

• executive

  legislative

  judicial

• senate

  congress

  house of representatives

What document outlines how our government is organized on the national level.

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The National Anthem

Why did our founding fathers think our government needed 3 branches?

• to give more people jobs

• to protect our national secrets from enemy powers

• to make it easier for the president to run the country

• 1.  to keep the people who worked in any one area from getting too powerful.

Most of our founding fathers were born in ________ and believed in _______.

• England

  God

• the south

  Santa Claus

• India

  Buddha

• the 13 colonies

  Jesus Christ

Where are the headquarters of our national government?

• Nashville, Tennessee

• Washington State

• Washington, D.C.

• New York City

1. Participating in government, church, charity work, and the Rotary Club are examples of.......

• community outreach

• civic responsibility

• social hierarchy

• private sector

Public sector jobs can be ________, _________, or __________.

• chosen

  appointed

  elected

• demanded

  forced

  required

• retail

  banking

  real estate

• free

  lucrative

  fun