civicstest

Question 1

Politics

Answer 1

The study of how groups of people make decisions about how to live together and govern themselves. More specifically, politics can refer to the activities of governing a country or area, especially the debate between parties seeking to run the government.

Question 2

Civics

Answer 2

The study of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Question 3

How rights connect to responsibilities

Answer 3

Responsibilities are what you take on as an active citizen who has been given rights. For example, with the right to free speech you have a responsibility to consider respecting the impact on other people and if you may offend.

Question 4

Active Citizen

Answer 4

Someone who uses their knowledge of rights and responsibilities and government within civics to think politically in order to make the world a better place.

Question 5

Influence

Answer 5

The power to change other people’s thinking through argument, example, or force of personality.

Question 6

Authority

Answer 6

Official power given to some to act on behalf of others. The power of authority often includes the power to enforce and punish through rules and laws.

Question 7

Compromise

Answer 7

A way of settling differences in which each side gives something up, but both sides also benefit.

Question 8

Partisan

Answer 8

Giving strong, sometimes prejudiced support to a particular group or party.

Question 9

Propaganda

Answer 9

Claims or arguments that distort or misrepresent the truth or include false information.

Question 10

Bias

Answer 10

Having a preference for one perspective or opinion over another.

Question 11

Ethics

Answer 11

Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or conduct.

Question 12

Political Perspective*

Answer 12

Helps explain why people and groups can hold different and even opposite points of view about the same issue, event, person or policy and how those views can affect their actions.

Question 13

Difference between objective and subjective

Answer 13

Objective is where everyone can agree while subjective is where it depends on each individual person.

Question 14

Political Significance*

Answer 14

Political significance is the reason why an issue is important to know about when being an active citizen.

• Why the government makes key decisions & why citizens do certain things
• The importance of any issue that affects citizenship,
• High involvement in government and related policy making decisions
• The measure of how important a topic is when viewed politically:if it connects closely to civics, it holds more political significance

Question 15

Stability and Change* -

Stability: ?

Answer 15

Keep things the same.

Pros:

• Important political, social and economical institutions are working well.
• People can withstand the destructive forces of change and negative events.

Cons:
- New opportunities or injustices may not be addressed because institutions and people are resistant to or unable to change

Question 16

Stability and Change* -

Change: ?

Answer 16

Make things different.

Pros:

• Problems are solved
• Injustices addressed
• Conditions improved
• New opportunities made available.

Cons:
- Critical political, social and economic institutions stop working effectively and people’s lives are negatively affected

Question 17

What did you learn from The River Simulation?

Answer 17

How politicians often have to deal with:

• Ethical dilemmas - no matter what the solution was, there would always be a loss of life.
• Compromise - my group compromised lives to join an allied war with two other groups but the war meant that we would all eventually have more water.
• Influence - our diplomat convinced groups to join an allied war with us.

Question 18

Objective and Results*

Answer 18

A powerful tool used for understanding the reasons and results of actions, and how the government and citizens can best get things done.

Question 19

Intended vs Unintended results

Answer 19

Intended results are the expected results that were the best planned for and and thought out while untended results are rather negative results that were not expected nor planned for.

Question 20

How do we balance competing rights?

Answer 20

Try to find a compromise to what will benefit everyone while focusing on each other’s human rights and what was violated.