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

worth, merit, or importance

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

Question 6

Welfare

Answer 6

the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc.

Question 7

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

equitable

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.

Question 15

Sovereign

Answer 15

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

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Ethics

Answer 16

a system of moral values

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Determination

Answer 17

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

Question 17

Justice

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

Question 18

Social Contract

Answer 18

the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.

Question 19

Superior

Answer 19

above

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Inferior

Answer 20

below

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

Constitutional

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

Question 23

State Government

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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 24

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 25

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 26

Negotiate

Answer 26

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

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Hierarchy

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any system of persons or things ranked one above another.

Question 28

Philosophy

Answer 28

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.

Question 29

State of Nature

Answer 29

a condition which no laws or government exist