Chapter 1 Review Assessment

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Chapter 1 Review / Assessment

• What is Civics?

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Identifying Key terms

• 1.) Anyone who lives in this country is
  a(n)_____.
• Answer alien
• 2.) In a(n) _____, people chosen by the citizens
  carry on the work of government.
• Answer representative democracy
• 3.) In the _____, the leader ruled his people
  with an iron fist and tolerated absolutely no
  opposition to his authority.
• Answer dictatorship

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Identifying Key terms

• 4.) The man had fled a civil war in his country
  and was considered a(n) _____ in this country.
• Answer refugee
• 5.) The government takes a(n) _____ every 10
  years to count the population.
• Answer census
• 6.) Because the woman had arrived in the country
  legally to become a citizen, she was considered
  a(n) _____.
• Answer immigrant
• 7.)_____ is the process by which a person not
  born a citizen can become one.
• Answer Naturalization

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Reviewing the Main Ideas

• 1.) Explain why governments are necessary.
• Answer to maintain order, make and enforce laws,
  settle conflicts, provide services, plan for the
  future
• 2.) What is the difference between a direct
  democracy and a representative democracy?
• Answer Direct Citizens vote on all legislation
• RepresentativeCitizens elect representatives to
  act on their behalf

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Reviewing the Main Ideas

• 3.) In what ways can a person become a citizen of
  the United States?
• Answer by being born in the U.S. by immigrating
  to the U.S. and becoming naturalized citizens
• 4.) Explain the naturalization process.
• Answer A legal alien must file a Declaration of
  Intention, submit application for naturalization
  after residing in U.S. for 5 years, interviewed
  by examiner, take an oath of loyalty to the U.S.

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Reviewing the Main Ideas

• 5.) How does the U.S. government limit
  immigration?
• Answer by establishing quotas
• 6.) List 3 population shifts that have occurred
  since the mid-1800s.
• Answer mid-1800s shift from rural farm areas
  to urban cities post-civil war migration of
  African Americans to northern states since the
  1970s migration from NE to the South and West,
  from older cities to younger cities/ suburbs

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Critical Thinking

• 1. Do you think United States citizens should
  have a more direct say in their government? Why
  or why not?

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Critical Thinking

• Possible Answers Yes, if citizens had a more
  direct say, they would become more responsible
  citizens and more involved in community
  issues.No, the country is too large and complex
  for direct democracy, and citizens already have a
  say through their elected representatives.

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Critical Thinking

• 2.) How might feelings about citizenship differ
  among people who are born citizens and others who
  are naturalized citizens?

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Critical Thinking

• Possible Answers Those who were citizens may
  take their rights and country for granted.
  Naturalized citizens may have a greater
  appreciation of their rights and their new
  country because they have had to work for their
  citizenship.

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Critical Thinking

• 3.) The Character of the United States is based,
  in part, on its multicultural heritage. How do
  you think the country would be different without
  this heritage?

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Critical Thinking

• Possible Answer The United States might have
  fewer conflicts without different cultures, but
  it would probably be less dynamic and creative.

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Analyzing Visuals

• 1.) Which immigrant groups have declined since
  1970?

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Analyzing Visuals

• Answers European, Canadian

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Analyzing Visuals

• 2.) Which immigrant groups have grown in size
  since 1970?
• Answer Asian, Latin American, African

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Analyzing Visuals

• 3.) During which period did the largest number of
  immigrants come to the United States?

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Analyzing Visuals

• Answer 1971 1993

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Analyzing Visuals

• 4.) What effects might the changing nature of
  Americas immigrants have on the nation?
• Answer It might increase the number of nonwhite
  Americans (Asian, African, and some Hispanic)