Introduction to Civics

Question 1

Civics

Answer 1

the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

Question 3

Government

Answer 3

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 4

Values

Answer 4

Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)

Question 5

Morals

Answer 5

of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical

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Welfare

Answer 6

the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being

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Equality

Answer 7

the state or quality of being equal 2; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability:

Question 8

Unity

Answer 8

the state of being one; oneness.

Question 9

Independent

Answer 9

not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself:

Question 10

Dependent

Answer 10

relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.

Question 11

Fair

Answer 11

free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice:

Question 12

Equity

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Diversity

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Honesty

Answer 14

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

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Sovereign

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a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.

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Ethics

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a system of moral principles:

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Determination

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

Question 18

Justice

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

Question 19

Social Construct

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a complex concept or practice shared by a society or group, not arising from any natural or innate source but built on the assumptions upheld, usually tacitly, by its members:

Question 20

Superior

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

Question 21

Inferior

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Federal

Answer 22

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 23

Constitutional

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

Question 24

State Government

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A state government is a unit of government that specifically makes and enforces laws for a state.

Question 25

Local Government

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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

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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

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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

a system of beliefs and values

Question 30

State of Nature

Answer 30

in an uncivilized or uncultivated state.