Teacher Note: The following assessment questions are samples only, and are intended to be used in conjunction with other assessment strategies used throughout the unit. Teachers are advised to select those questions that are appropriate and develop other questions, based on the objectives chosen, as well as on students’ needs and abilities.

Select the most appropriate answer to complete each question.

1. Power may be gained from	resources   organization   numbers   all of these
2. Iran makes its money by selling crude oil to other countries. It created a large military force. Iran was able to do this because of	knowledge   natural resources   superior organization   superior numbers
3. The police officer smoothly directed the flow of traffic at the busy street corner. The power exercised is	authority   force   influence   persuasion
4. Which one of the following types of power involves some kind of persuasion?	force   authority   military   influence
5. The method of decision making where the majority of the people get what they want is	centralized authority   consensus   institution   voting
6. A credit union is an example of	autocracy   cooperative   democracy   oligarchy
7. Canada is considered a good place to live because	it is situated in the tropics   it has a democratic government   it has a low standard of living   it is over crowded
8. The main use of force, authority and influence is	to obtain power   to obtain positive support   to obtain consensus   to make democracies work
9. Using his winnings from the big lottery, a man decided to open a home to help people with drug and alcohol problems. He had the power to do this because of	financial resources   natural resources   skill   superior numbers

10. The bank robber held a bank teller at gunpoint while demanding that a helicopter be brought so he could make his getaway. The power the robber is using is	authority   influence   persuasion   force
11. The form of government where people are encouraged to elect a representative who will make decisions for them is	an autocracy   a democracy   an oligarchy   a dictatorship
12. The form of government where people are encouraged to influence the government is called	an autocracy   a democracy   an oligarchy   a dictatorship

13. A graphic organizer shows a visual picture of relationships between things.

· Put the following on the web organizer on the following page so that the information makes sense.
· Add an example of each type of power you listed in the shaded boxes.

Voting Resources Organization Numbers

Authority Force Consensus Influence

14. You have learned about three types of decision making: democratic authority, autocratic authority and oligarchic authority. On the table below read each example of decision making and indicate the type of decision making the example represents by writing an X in the appropriate box. Choose only one type of decision making for each example.

Example of Decision Making	Democratic Authority	Autocratic Authority	Oligarchic Authority
The school board must decide whether a school should close at the end of the year. One of the members of the board makes a motion to close the school. Another one seconds it. The motion is discussed, voted on and defeated.
The director of a school division must decide which Social Studies text books will be purchased for all the grade seven students in that school division. The director meets with a principal and a grade seven teacher. They discuss the five recommended books and select one as their choice. This text is ordered for all grade seven classes in the school system.
The students in grades seven and eight want to have an all-day basketball tournament at their school. The principal says “There is no way that you are running a basketball tournament! Absolutely not!”
You are getting a group together to do something on Saturday night. You do not know what you are going to do, but you could go to the show, go roller blading or watch movies at Krista’s house. The group will decide when it meets at your house.

15. Read the following information and answer the questions about one of the following situations.

Situation #1	Situation #2	Situation #3
Your community has been struck by an unexpected rainfall causing flooding. Many homes have been flooded and residents have been forced to leave. Roads have been washed out, making it difficult to get out of the area and equally difficult for help to come in. You must decide how to deal with this situation.	Your grade seven class has collected cans and bottles to raise money for the upcoming school dance. You have hired a disc-jockey, but there is more money to spend. Some students want to buy streamers and balloons, some want to rent a strobe light, others want to continue raising money to rent a fog machine. You must decide how to deal with this situation.	A fight has broken out at the local high school football game because of inter-school rivalry. A number of students have been slightly injured and it looks like fighting might start again. This could lead to more serious injuries and possibly gang fights. You must decide how to deal with this situation.

There are three main types of decision making: autocratic, democratic and oligarchic. Choose one of the situations described above and indicate one advantage and one disadvantage of using each type of decision making in resolving the situation you chose.

Mark an X in the box to indicate which situation you will use in your answers.

  Situation #1      Situation #2      Situation #3

Autocratic Decision Making	Advantage
	Disadvantage
Democratic Decision Making	Advantage
	Disadvantage
Oligarchic Decision Making	Advantage
	Disadvantage

Read the following passage and answer questions 16 to 18.

China’s Economy and Communist Government

China’s communist government controls the economy. The government decides what goods are produced and how the goods are used. For example, the government controls jobs and wages in important factories. The average factory worker in China makes about seventy yuan, which is about fifty-two dollars a month in Canadian money. The government also runs long distance transportation systems, such as railroads.

For many years, agriculture has been the backbone of China’s economy. During the 1950s the communist government gathered groups of peasants on collective farms. The peasants farmed the group’s large section of land instead of their own plot. Today, Chinese farmers raise enough crops to feed China’s people, but this is becoming more difficult as the population grows in size. One reason for successful farming in China is irrigation. Ditches, dams and canals help bring water to crops during dry spells. The Chinese also conserve soil by planting trees and grasses with roots that hold the soil in place.

16. Which two phrases in this passage identify the social structure of this Chinese society?
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17. What was the source of power in Chinese society described in this passage?
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Give two reasons for your answer.
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18. Give one example of a fact in this article.
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19. In September, your class was told that it would be allowed to go on a one-day class trip in June. The school board will pay for the cost of transportation. Your class must plan the rest of the trip, including: where you will go, what you will do and what fund-raising your class will need to do. During the planning process for the trip what method of decision making do you think your class will use? Choose one by marking an x on your choice.

  consensus      voting

Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of the method you choose.

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Disadvantage _________________________________________________________________________
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20. List five decisions that must be made by your class in order to plan this trip. Write the decisions in the form of questions. For example, Where will we go? (Do not use this example in your answer.)
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