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Ideology and identity · Set B

Ten questions of mixed difficulty, covering RI 1: Ideology. Print it, or work through it on screen — the answer key starts on its own page.

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Ideology and identity · Set B

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Circle the best answer for each question. Use the space to note the reasoning or the source detail that decided it.

  1. Which statement best describes the "common good"?

    1. a) What benefits the community as a whole, sometimes at a cost to individuals
    2. b) Whatever the wealthiest members of society prefer
    3. c) The total of everyone's private purchases
    4. d) A guarantee that no individual ever gives anything up

  2. Source: "Leave individuals free from government interference and their own efforts will create prosperity for all." This view is most closely associated with:

    1. a) classical liberalism
    2. b) socialism
    3. c) collectivism
    4. d) communism

  3. Source: "The state must direct the economy so that no citizen is left without food, shelter or care." This source most strongly supports:

    1. a) rule of law and individual rights
    2. b) private property and self-interest
    3. c) economic equality and collective responsibility
    4. d) economic freedom and competition

  4. Which of the following is a principle of individualism?

    1. a) Collective responsibility
    2. b) Private property
    3. c) Economic equality
    4. d) Adherence to collective norms

  5. In the study of ideology, a "collective" is:

    1. a) a private company owned by shareholders
    2. b) a group of people who share an identity, interest or purpose
    3. c) a single elected leader
    4. d) a government department

  6. Which pair are BOTH principles of individualism?

    1. a) Collective responsibility and public property
    2. b) Competition and private property
    3. c) Economic equality and cooperation
    4. d) Collective interest and adherence to collective norms

  7. Which of the following is a principle of collectivism?

    1. a) Economic equality
    2. b) Private property
    3. c) Self-interest
    4. d) Competition

  8. A government removes many regulations on private businesses. This best reflects which principle?

    1. a) Public property
    2. b) Collective responsibility
    3. c) Collective interest
    4. d) Economic freedom

  9. Which of the following shapes an individual's identity?

    1. a) Only a person's income
    2. b) Only a person's age
    3. c) Nothing outside a person's own private choices
    4. d) Language, culture and relationship to the land

  10. For many Indigenous peoples in Canada, land is understood as a shared responsibility held for future generations rather than as an individual possession. This understanding aligns most closely with:

    1. a) economic freedom
    2. b) collectivism
    3. c) self-interest
    4. d) individualism

Answer key · Ideology and identity · Set B

Social Studies 30-1 · maddyhelps.com

  1. a) What benefits the community as a whole, sometimes at a cost to individuals — The common good is the community's shared benefit, and pursuing it can require individuals to accept limits. That tension is the heart of Related Issue 1.
  2. a) classical liberalism — Minimal government plus faith in self-interested effort is the classical liberal position. The other three all assign the collective, or the state, a much larger economic role.
  3. c) economic equality and collective responsibility — The source assigns the state responsibility for everyone's basic needs, which is collectivist on both counts. Individualist principles would leave those outcomes to private choice and markets.
  4. b) Private property — Private property is a core individualist principle — people may own and control what is theirs. The other three are collectivist principles.
  5. b) a group of people who share an identity, interest or purpose — A collective can be a union, a nation, a faith community or a First Nation — any group bound by shared identity or purpose, not just a formal institution.
  6. b) Competition and private property — Competition and private property both centre the individual as the key actor. Every other pair lists two collectivist principles.
  7. a) Economic equality — Economic equality asks that wealth be shared more evenly across a society. Self-interest, competition and private property are all individualist principles.
  8. d) Economic freedom — Economic freedom holds that individuals and firms should make their own economic choices with minimal interference. More regulation would push toward collectivist control.
  9. d) Language, culture and relationship to the land — Identity is shaped by many overlapping factors — language, culture, spirituality, environment, gender and relationship to land among them. No single factor accounts for it.
  10. b) collectivism — Stewardship held on behalf of a community across generations is collective responsibility. It contrasts with the individualist view of land as private property to be bought and sold.