Intro to Civics

Question 1

Civics

Answer 1

the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

Question 3

Government

Answer 3

the governing body of a nation, state, or community.

Answer 4

individual beliefs that motivate people to act one way or another

Question 5

Morals

Answer 5

a lesson, especially one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience.

Question 6

Welfare

Answer 6

Any federal or state government program that provides financial or other assistance for housing, food, and healthcare to individuals and families who meet specific guidelines

Question 7

Equality

Answer 7

the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

Question 8

Unity

Answer 8

the state of being united or joined as a whole.

Question 9

Independent

Answer 9

free from outside control; not depending on another’s authority.

Question 10

Dependent

Answer 10

contingent on or determined by.

Question 11

Fair

Answer 11

impartial and just, without favoritism or discrimination.

Question 12

Equity

Answer 12

fairness and justice

Question 13

Diversity

Answer 13

the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc

Question 14

Honesty

Answer 14

the quality of being honest

Question 15

Sovereign

Answer 15

a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.

Question 16

Ethics

Answer 16

moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity.

Question 17

Determination

Answer 17

he quality of having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.

Question 18

Justice

Answer 18

just behavior or treatment.

Question 19

Social Contract

Answer 19

an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. Theories of a social contract became popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries among theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as a means of explaining the origin of government and the obligations of subjects.

Question 20

Superior

Answer 20

higher in rank, status, or quality.

Question 21

Inferior

Answer 21

lower in rank, status, or quality.

Question 22

Federal

Answer 22

having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.

Question 23

Constitutional

Answer 23

relating to an established set of principles governing a state.

Question 24

State Government

Answer 24

consist of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial

Question 25

Local Government

Answer 25

counties, also known as boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana, and municipalities, or cities/towns.

Question 26

Compromise

Answer 26

an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.

Question 27

Negotiate

Answer 27

obtain or bring about by discussion.

Question 28

Hierarchy

Answer 28

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority

Question 29

Philosophy

Answer 29

love of wisdom.

Question 30

State of Nature

Answer 30

the real or hypothetical condition of human beings before or without political association.