Rights, Responsibilities, and Public Decisions Worksheet
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Rights, Responsibilities, and Public Decisions Worksheet
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. Citizenship includes rights and __.
2. Which question is most clearly a public-policy question?
3. Match the civic term to its meaning: rule of law
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4. Good public decisions should consider evidence, tradeoffs, and likely __.
5. Why is citizenship more than voting alone?
6. Which action best shows civic responsibility?
7. Match the term to its meaning: public policy
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8. If leaders must follow the same laws as other people, that shows the rule of __.
9. Why do many governments divide power across branches or institutions?
10. Why should students compare who benefits, who pays, and who decides in a policy choice?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. responsibilities
2. How should a city respond to a water shortage?
3. laws guide power through a legal system
4. effects
5. Citizenship also includes following laws, staying informed, discussing issues, and helping improve public life.
6. Learning about an issue before giving an opinion
7. a government plan for a public issue
8. law
9. to prevent too much control from staying in one place
10. Those questions help reveal fairness, tradeoffs, and how a public decision affects different groups.