Module 4: Government and Citizenship

Question 1

Political boundaries are
called a …

Answer 1

border

Question 2

Two main types of borders

Answer 2

1. physical borders
2. human boarders

Question 3

Physical border examples

Answer 3

Natural boundaries: rivers, mountains

Question 4

Two types of human borders:

Answer 4

1. cultural boundaries
2. geometric boundaries

Question 5

Borders determined by people

Answer 5

human border

Question 6

Boundaries based on culture traits such as language or religion

Answer 6

cultural boundaries

Question 7

Boundaries usually made of straight lines based on lines of latitude or longitude

Answer 7

geometric boundaries

Question 8

a country with its own government that has complete authority of the land they live on (an independent country)

Answer 8

sovereign nation

Question 9

ways nations interact with each other

Answer 9

• trade
• foreign policy

Question 10

exchanging resources or goods

Answer 10

trade

Question 11

a nation’s plan for how to react towards other countries

Answer 11

foreign policy

Question 12

the work nations do to keep friendly relations with each other

Answer 12

diplomacy

Question 13

assistance that a country provides to another country

Answer 13

foreign aid (help)

Question 14

each country’s own goals to make it succeed

Answer 14

national interest

Question 15

a government that has limits on its power:)

Answer 15

limited government
* constitution

Question 16

a written plan of government that states its purposes, powers, and limitations

Answer 16

constitution

Question 17

a form of government in which people elect leader and rule by majority

Answer 17

democracy

Question 18

three things democracies have:

Answer 18

1. social welfare to improve quality of life
2. rights and freedoms
3. can usually withstand a national crisis

Question 19

a government in which there are no limits set on a ruler’s power:(

Answer 19

unlimited government

Question 20

governments that control everything (the government, the economy, people’s beliefs and actions)

Answer 20

totalitarian government
(worst kind)

Question 21

Characteristics of unlimited governments:

Answer 21

• ordinary citizens have limited political and economic freedoms
• people’s rights are not protected
• people are unable to effectively take part in government or openly express views.
• leaders use force to put down anyone against them
• leaders can change or ignore laws

Question 22

human rights abuses:

Answer 22

common in countries where citizens lack freedom:
torture, kidnapping, enslavement, murder