Review for Civics 1 Unit Test Thursday Sept 23Rd

Review for Civics 1 unit test--- Thursday Sept 23rd In a paragraph, explain what is government? Why do all groups of people require them? and Why do they look different from each other?

Go to textbook review pages and do “self quizzes” and vocabulary review for Chapter 2. (On Wiki: Civics Today link)

Read over the following:

Chapter 1: The American People

Chapter Overviews

Civics is the study of the rights and duties of citizens. You become a citizen by being born in the United States or by going through a process called naturalization. Citizens have a duty to follow the rules established by the government. The government of the United States is a representative democracy. That means that the citizens choose representatives to make the laws and to govern on their behalf. Today, America's citizens are descendants of immigrants from all over the world.

American citizens are diverse in ethnicity and religion, but they share common values and a commitment to the United States. As citizens, Americans possess certain rights, but they also have responsibilities. With the help of national, state, and local governments, citizens create a society in which people can live and work together peacefully.

Chapter 2: Roots of American Democracy

Chapter Overviews

English settlers brought the traditions of representative government with them to the New World. Some principles, such as the Rule of Law, dated back to the Magna Carta of 1215. Others developed over several centuries. The English Parliament, which began in the 1300s, was able to define its powers in the English Bill of Rights (1689). The first permanent English colony—Jamestown—established its own representative body in 1619. Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower drew up a plan for a direct democracy in their new colony.

By 1760 the thirteen colonies had gained valuable experience in self- government. However, Britain's new policies and the French and Indian War created tension between the colonies and Great Britain. The colonists rejected the many new taxes passed by Parliament. By April 1775, British soldiers and Americans had clashed in battle at Lexington and Concord. By July 1776, the delegates to the Second Continental Congress voted to declare independence from Great Britain.

Each of the states wrote its own state constitution. A union of the states was agreed upon, and in 1777 the Articles of Confederation was passed. Although this form of government achieved the successful completion of the Revolutionary War, it also had many weaknesses. By 1787 another meeting in Philadelphia was called. This time, delegates were to revise the Articles of Confederation. The PURPOSE of the US government: Put the following into your own words:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

US Government STRUCTURE: (Yeah, it looks just like a house!!!) In each block answer the following 2 questions: WHO is it? WHAT do they do?

Executive Legislative Judicial Branch Branch Branch

National Level

State Level

Local Level

Answer the following in a paragraph form: In what ways do the structures and purposes of different governments around the world reflect differing ideologies, cultures, values, and histories. Why does OUR government look and act the way that it does because if its ideologies, culture, values, and history? Explain with examples.