Civics_Ch9_Study-Guide


 * Pennsylvania Civics – Chapter 9 Citizens in Society**
 * Study Questions**

__Past Chapter Questions__
 * 1) What is the top responsibility of a citizen in Democracy?
 * 2) What is the naturalization process?
 * 3) Which document says we have life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness as inalienable rights?
 * 4) Which document created our first government?
 * 5) What date did the U.S. declare independence?
 * 6) What are 2 symbols of freedom?
 * 7) What is the purpose of government? (You could have several correct answers).
 * 8) E_ means same opportunity, f_ means justice, and l means freedom.
 * 9) What are the 3 levels of government?
 * 10) What are the 3 branches of government?
 * 11) What is the principle that each branch can’t abuse its power?
 * 12) What is the principle that there are three branches to divide power?
 * 13) What is the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional?
 * 14) Name a document that influenced the Constitution (there were several from Britain and colonies).
 * 15) We have a strong central government but the states have power too making us a f_ system.
 * 16) List the 5 freedoms in the first amendment.
 * 17) How has the right to vote changed over the years?
 * 18) What is one duty of citizens?
 * 19) What is one responsibility of citizens?
 * 20) Give an example of a legal search.
 * 21) What is the right someone on a trial has?
 * 22) What was formed from the Great Compromise?
 * 23) What is the job of the Legislative Branch?
 * 24) Who are your 2 U.S. Senators?
 * 25) Who is your U.S. Representative?
 * 26) Who is in charge of the House of Representatives?
 * 27) What building does Congress work in?
 * 28) What is the job of the Executive Branch?
 * 29) Who is President and Vice President?
 * 30) What are the 3 qualifications to be President?
 * 31) What is a legislative power of the President?
 * 32) What is the President’s role as head of the armed forces?
 * 33) What is the name of the President’s group of advisors?
 * 34) Who advises on military and national security? S of D_
 * 35) Who advises on legal matters? A G_
 * 36) Who advises on taxes and economics? S_ of the T
 * 37) Who advises on foreign policy? S_ of S_
 * 38) How is the President elected? E___ C___
 * 39) What building does the President live in?
 * 40) What building does the Defense Department work out of?
 * 41) What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
 * 42) What is the highest court in the land? S___ C__
 * 43) Who is the Chief Justice?
 * 44) What is the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional? J_ R_
 * 45) Who is your state representative? …state senator?
 * 46) Who is our governor? …Lt. Governor?
 * 47) Interest groups try to i_ policy and political parties try to m policy.
 * 48) A p election is when voters choose nominees from their party to run for office.
 * 49) __The g__ election is when each party puts up a candidate to win the office.

__Chapter Questions__: Study questions from your book guide and notes.
 * 1) Today, more families are b __or s__-parent families.
 * 2) Divorce, marriage, child abuse, and adoption are covered under f___ law.__
 * 3) Child abuse can be p injury, s_ abuse, e_ abuse, which have laws to protect.
 * 4) A_ is having a child legally become one’s own who was not the birth parent.
 * 5) Families often use a budget, or plan for using m_
 * 6) Communities are built where there are r_, convenient t_, and good c or weather.
 * 7) Peer pressure is a cause of juvenile crime, which is pressure from f_
 * 8) A bad habit can become something down a_ without thinking.
 * 9) The critical thinking process involves d an issue, distinguishing between f and o_, and weighing the e_ and reaching a c.
 * 10) A group of people who have a common interest and live in the same area is a c.
 * E_, w, and gas or oil for h are all public utilities.
 * 1) An example of crime against property is v or b_
 * 2) An example of a crime against a person is a
 * 3) A w-collar crime example is computer crime.
 * 4) Using or abusing d is considered a victimless crime.
 * 5) When a person is sentenced, they are given their p_.
 * 6) A juvenile delinquent is a person under _ guilty of a c
 * 7) What are 2 ways you can be successful at school?
 * 8) What are 2 causes of crime?
 * 9) What are 3 ways you can avoid getting into trouble?
 * 10) - holiday remember declaring our freedom and the Revolution.
 * 11) - holiday remember the workers who helped build our economy.
 * 12) _ - holiday coming from the Pilgrims.
 * 13) - holiday remembering the voyage that led to colonies in America.
 * 14) _ - holiday honoring and remembering all past presidents.
 * 15) _ - holiday honoring the civil rights movement in America.
 * 16) - holiday that was Armistice Day after WWI; now honors those who served in the military and wars.
 * 17) _ - holiday that remembers those who lost their lives in war.
 * 18) _ - symbol of freedom on Staten Island in NYC; gift from France for America’s 100th birthday.
 * 19) _ - symbol put on all documents that has the national bird.
 * 20) _ - national bird, although Ben Franklin wanted the
 * 21) _ - symbol of freedom in Philadelphia that rang out to gather the citizens for the reading of the Declaration of Independence.
 * 22) What are 2 ways you can honor the flag?
 * 23) A __ is any illegal act.

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