Civic Participation and Citizenship Responsibilities Quiz

A form of civic participation and an important citizenship responsibility to cast a vote for the candidate of one’s choice.

• Voting

• Protesting

• Petitioning

• Running for Office

Our elected officials represent the will of the majority, having an opportunity to change policies in the future, and basics rights are safeguarded.

• Free & Fair Elections

• Voting

• Obligation

• Monarchy

Every person is born with certain basic rights, such as life, liberty and property.

• Natural Rights

• Legal Rights

• Civil Rights

• Constitutional Rights

The process for voters (qualified citizens) to choose candidates to fill elected offices.

• Election

• Selection

• Appointment

• Nomination

Every person is born with certain basic rights such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

• Unalienable Rights

• Alienable Rights

• Conditional Rights

• Revocable Rights

A process with two stages: 1. Nominate a candidate 2. The candidate must be elected by voters in a general election.

• Voting Process

• Selection Process

• Appointment Process

• Nomination Process

Laws of a community must be passed with the agreement of its members.

• Consent of the governed

• Majority rule

• Unilateral decision

• Dictatorial decree

Offices such as the mayor, county commissioner, and school board members. Located within a community.

• Local Office

• Federal Office

• International Office

• Corporate Office

The Enlightenment thinker who felt that societies work best when there was a separation of government powers.

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Locke

The Enlightenment thinker who believed that nature contained laws and rights that people are born with and should enjoy.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire