CIVICS FINAL EXAM REVIEW

The Final Exam is scheduled for Thursday, January 17th from 8:30-10:45 a.m.

The following is a study guide which you can use to prepare for the exam.

Unit 1: Government and Citizenship

• Be able to identify key politicians and presidential candidates

• Know the 4 purposes of government and be able to provide examples of each.

• Be able to explain the difference between a primary, caucus, and general election

• Be able to recognize and explain the differences between radical, liberal, centrist, conservative, and reactionary political perspectives.

• Be able to correctly answer a sampling of questions from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Naturalization Self-Test available at http://tinyurl.com/2llrdq

• Be able to define “Civics” and “Citizen”

Rights of citizens:
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________

Responsibilities of citizens:
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________

Responsibilities of the different levels of government:

Federal:

State:

Local:

Concurrent:

Unit 2: Civil Liberties

• Be able to explain the 6 key civil liberties discussed in class and recognize how they can be applied in different situations.

• Know which documents provide us with civil liberties

• Be able to identify key aspects of the Patriot Act and why it is controversial

Unit 3: Race

• Be able to describe the concept of white privilege and examples

• Compare racial segregation today with that from before 1965

• Be familiar with the terms de jure and de facto

• Explain the concept and origins of redlining and discuss whether it occurs today

• Identify the Community Reinvestment Act and ways that banks try to get around it

• Define wealth, assets, liabilities, mortgages, and provide examples.

• Be able to identify the average person’s most valuable asset.

• Explain the concept of white flight and how it affects minorities

• Describe the origins of the Federal Housing Administration (What is it? When was it created? Why?) and how it impacted minority communities

• Explain the idea of gentrification

Unit 4: Gender

• Be able to define the following terms: Masculinity, Femininity, Objectification, Patriarchy, Glass Ceiling, Occupational Segregation, Prochoice, Prolife, and Misogyny

• Know what the national gender Wage Gap is today

• Be able to identify the Equal Pay Act

• To be able to explain the debate over Emergency Contraception or the Morning-after pill

• Identify the F.D.A. (Food and Drug Administration)

• Identify Roe v Wade

• Identify the Sexual Revolution and its effects on gender roles

Unit 5: Human Rights

• Be able to define human rights and treaty

• Be able to identify the United Nations (What is it? When/Why was it founded? What are it major activities?)

• Be able to identify the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and how it represents a compromise between different versions of freedom

• Be able to identify which historical figure was most influential in creating the UDHR

• Be able to discuss the 2 major functions of the UDHR

• Be able to identify Guantanamo Bay

• Be familiar with Human Rights Treaty Bodies and be able to give an example

Unit 6: Research and Writing Skills

• Know how to correctly paraphrase information

• Know how to correctly incorporate a quote from a source

• Know how to correctly cite a source within the body of a paper using MLA (parenthetical citation)

• Know how to correctly format a works cited entry for a book, website, and periodical page