Social Studies 9 Vocab quiz #1

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ISSUE

 A topic that connects to citizenship, identity, and quality life, and on which well-informed people have different views, and perspectives

PERSPECTIVE

 Values and ideas shared by people with a common language, culture and history.

QUALITY OF LIFE

 A measure of personal and collective well-being

RIGHTS

 What individuals and groups are allowed to do in society, as established in law.

SOCIETY

 A social system where a group of people share a common geographic region, sense of common identity and culture, and who participate in shared political and economic institutions for a communal purpose or interest.

GOVERNANCE

 The process of governing

POLITICAL SYSTEM

 The structure of government

ECONOMIC SYSTEM

 How a society organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.

OPINION

 Personal reaction to an issue

CRITERIA

 Standard for evaluating something

UNBIASED

 Without preconceived ideas