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Civics Citizenship
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civics
Instructions:
Answer 29 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Jobs in which a person makes a living by providing a service for other people
Market
Equality
Service Jobs
Demography
2. Where people exchange goods or services
Rules
Market
Blended Families
Immigrants
3. Certain ideas that we trust are true
Beliefs
Price
Demography
Political Socialization
4. The process of learning how to participate in a group
Baby Boom
Justice
Socialization
Service Jobs
5. A government controlled by one person - called a dictator
Family
Sunbelt
Dictatorship
Socialization
6. The most basic social institution in any society
Diversity
Justice
Price
Family
7. A form of government in which all or most of the power is in the hands of one individual - the monarch
Monarchy
Exclusion Laws
Census
Patriotism
8. Specific expectations about what our behavior should be
Rules
Blended Families
Dictatorship
Freedom
9. The study of the size - growth - and distribution of human populations
Political Socialization
Family
Demography
Discrimination
10. The unfair treatment of a group of people compared with another group
Monarchy
Discrimination
Dictatorship
Consumer
11. Anything- from beads to coins to checks- which is generally accepted as payment for a good or service
Baby Boom
Money
Justice
Democracy
12. Warm-weather states such as Georgia - Florida - Texas - and Arizona
Sunbelt
Values
Beliefs
Democracy
13. Standards of behavior
Values
Diversity
Social Institutions
Baby Boom
14. People who move from one country to make their homes in another
Political Socialization
Beliefs
Service Jobs
Immigrants
15. A system in which the power is shared by all the people
Patriotism
Census
Market
Democracy
16. The ability to make choices
Justice
Equality
Freedom
Patriotism
17. The condition of permitting everyone the same rights and opportunities
Equality
Patriotism
Dictatorship
Demography
18. The belief that members of one's own race are superior to those of other races
Racism
Freedom
Census
Political Socialization
19. The amount you must pay for a good or service in a market
Price
Justice
Money
Freedom
20. The demonstration of love and devotion to one's country
Money
Service Jobs
Patriotism
Political Socialization
21. Laws passed to prohibit further immigration from a particular country or region; especially laws passed in 1882 and 1907 targeting Chinese and Japanese immigrants
Exclusion Laws
Diversity
Money
Family
22. A person who uses or consumes goods and services to satisfy his or her wants
Socialization
Consumer
Exclusion Laws
Baby Boom
23. The dramatic rise in the number of births that occurred between 1946 and 1964
Equality
Democracy
Baby Boom
Justice
24. The process of learning how to behave politically
Rules
Immigrants
Diversity
Political Socialization
25. Systems of values and rules that determine how our society is organized
Democracy
Social Institutions
Price
Socialization
26. A population survey that is taken every 10 years
Monarchy
Political Socialization
Justice
Census
27. Families made up of adults and their children from previous marriages
Baby Boom
Consumer
Immigrants
Blended Families
28. Fairness
Justice
Rules
Democracy
Dictatorship
29. Differences
Diversity
Immigrants
Price
Justice