Introduction 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

Values

Answer 3

The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

Question 4

Morals

Answer 4

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 5

Welfare

Answer 5

the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.

Question 6

Equality

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Unity

Answer 7

the state of being united or joined as a whole.

Question 8

Independant

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Dependant

Answer 9

a person who depends on another person, organization, etc, for support, aid, or sustenance, esp financial support

Question 10

Fair

Answer 10

free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice:

Question 11

Equity

Answer 11

the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality:

Question 12

Diversity

Answer 12

the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness:

Question 13

Honesty

Answer 13

the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.

Question 14

Sovereign

Answer 14

a person who has supreme power or authority.

Question 15

Ethics

Answer 15

the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.:

Question 16

Determination

Answer 16

the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.

Question 17

Justice

Answer 17

the quality of being just; righteousness, equitable, or moral rightness:

Question 18

Social Contract

Answer 18

an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole.

Question 19

Superior

Answer 19

higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.:

Question 20

Inferior

Answer 20

lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to):

Question 21

Federal

Answer 21

pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.

Question 22

Government

Answer 22

the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration:

Question 23

Constitutional

Answer 23

of or relating to the constitution of a state, organization, etc.

Question 24

State Government

Answer 24

Government of the state

Question 25

Local Government

Answer 25

the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.

Question 26

Compromise

Answer 26

a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.

Question 27

Negotiate

Answer 27

to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.

Question 28

Hierarchy

Answer 28

any system of persons or things ranked one above another.

Question 29

Philosophy

Answer 29

the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

Question 30

State of Nature

Answer 30

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