ADDIS ABABA CITY GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BUREAU

GELAN BOYS BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL

CIITIZENSHIP EDUCATION WORKSHEETONE
FOR GRADE 8 STUDENTS
Choose the best answer from the given alternatives.
1. __________is the ability to understand or feel what another person is going though form within their
own frame of reference.
A. Compassion C. fairness
B. courage D. prudence
2. ______________entails acting and behaving in accordance with certain acceptable standards.
A. Fairness C. civic virtues
B. self- discipline D.. courage
3. What is the specific character traits that tend to make a person virtuous or good.
A. Vice C virtue
B. Ethics D. civic
4. _______is often associated with bad habits.
A. virtue C. vice
B. civic D Ethics
5. _______is someone who has the right to be called citizen.
A. citizen C Membeship
B. citizenship D. population
6. Which one of the following is not feature of good citizenship?
A. respect others C. helpful of others
B. always willing to learn D. ignore other people’s opinions
7. ______ is both a legal status and a sense of identity.
A. citizen C) Virtue
B. Ethics D) citizenship
8. _____ refes to behaviors that allow a person to live reasonably is his or her community region or world.
A) Moral virtues C) virtue ethics
B) civic virtues D) virtue
9. _______is the attitude of confronting and dealing with what is perceived to be difficult or painful rather
than
avoiding it.
A) Compassion C) Generosity
B) B) courage D) fairness
10. ________ entails treating people fairly and not allowing your personal feeling to influence your
decisions
about others.
A) Fairness C) ethics
B) B) courage D) virtue
11. _______is the ability to make sound decisions in order to avoid danger or risk.
A) self discipline
B) prudence C) courage D) civic vertues
12. Which one of the following difference from the other.
A) self- discipline C) paying fair tax
B) staying informed D) participating in public government.
13. Which one of the following is not important of virtue ethics?
A) It helps to distinguish between right and wrong
B) It helps in building a Negative approach to things
C) It helps in finding out of true purpose of life.
D) It helps to criminate problem of social cvils from one’s life
14. _______ is the moral disposition to expend time, effort and resources for the benefit of others.
A) Honesty B) dis honesty C) Generosity D) courage
15. _____is defined as the practice of not felling or accepting lies as well as being truthful or accurate in
one’s
actions.
A) prudence B) Ethics C) Honesty D) virtue
16. How many state structures in the world?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 1 D) 3
17. ______ state structure characterized by power centralization.
A) unitary B) Federal C) confederal D) democratic
18. Countries with homogeneous societies prefer ___________state structure.
A) Federal B) confederal C) unitary D) democratic
19. Which one of the following is examples of federal state?
A) united kingdom B) France C) Brazil D) south Africa
20. Which one of the following is not characteristics of unitary state?
A) sovereignty is exclusively lies within central state C) power is centralization
B) Legislative bodies of sub- units are subordinate to legislative body of center D) power is decentralization
21. ______stat structure has at least two level of government
A) Federal B) unitary C) confederal D) democratic
22. Which one of the following false?
A) state is a wider concept than government C) Government is permanent sate is temporary
B) state is abstract while gov’t is concrete D) Government is An element of state
23. Which country is not an example of unitary state structure?
A) china B) Kenya C) Nigeria D) France
24. The parliamentary system originated in the ____
A) united state B) united kingdom C) china D) Germany
25. Which one of the following is example of Parliamentary system.
A) Japan B) Kenya C) Brazil D) united state
26. Which one of the following is not an element of state
A) Govrnment B) Soveregnty C) political party D) population
27. _______a form of government a ruler or small group with absolute power over the people holds power
often trough force.
A) Dictatorship B) Democracy C) Monarchy D) Aristocracy
 28. The term democracy is drived from _______ ward.
A) Latin B) Greek C) Rome D) China
29. ______is the fundamental law of a nation or state.
A) Citizen ship B) constitution C) Government D) Rule
30. _______is the branch of government that formulates laws
A) Legislative B) Judiciary C) Executive D) Government
31. _______ which implements and executes laws.
A) Judiciary B) legislative C) Executive D) State
32. Federal constitution of Ethiopia recognizes women’s right Articles________
A) 36 B) 35 C) 27 D) 11
33. Which form of state structure create opportunities for member sate to retain sovereignty and become
part of
given political system?
A) Fedelalism B) unitary C) confederation D) monarchy
34. _________ entails keeping up with current events by eading newspapers listening to the radio and
watching
television.
A) Paying fair tax B) staying informed C) participating in public government D) self- Discipline
35. Which one of the following False about limitation of unitary state
A) concentrtation of power C) None recognition of local diversities
B) Miss use of power D) use of power
36. If a girl is born in japan from an Ethiopian mother and Canadian father. She can acquire Ethiopian
citizenship by.
A) Birth palce B) Naturlaization C) Blood relationship D) Globalization
37. ______ is the differences between men and women in social.
A) Gender B) Sex C) culture D) Religion
38. ________is a form of government in which the rulers are choosen by the citizen.
A) Aristocracy B) Democracy C) Monarchy D) Dictatorship
39. Which one of the following organ in Ethiopia Law making Mandate?
A) House of people representative C) council of ministers
B) House of federation D) courts and police
40. Which one of the following is not feature of parliamentary system.
A) Leadership of the prime minister C) political homogeneity
B) Nominal head of state D) Superior position of president
41. The united states holds presidential election every __________ years.
A) Five B) Four C) Six D) three
42. _______is formed when a group of people or nation form an alliance
A) confederation B) unitary C) federal D) democratic
43. [Link] first Ethiopian constitution was written by ________
A) Emperor Tewodrose B) Derg C) Emperor Hailesilase D) Emperor- yohannis
44. The FDRE constitution has _______ Article.
A) 109 B) 105 C) 101 D) 106
45. Which one of the following first step to solving and Ethical problem.
A) Evaluate each solution C) Identify the central ethical problem
B) Find a possible solution D) select the best solution
46. Which one of the following is an Example of virtues
A) Compassion B) cowardice C) injustice D) selfishness
47. The FDRE constitution has ________chapters.
A) 106 B) 11 C) 12 D) 9
48. The first written constitution of Ethiopia was in_______
A) 1987 B) 1974 C) 1931 D) 1955
49. According to the constitution of FDRE the term of office of the president is ?
A) 6 years B) 7 years C) 4 years D) 5 years
50. A system of government where there is power distribution between central government and regional
states is called.
A) Unitary B) confederation C) Federalism D) Militarism
51. Who is the head of the state according to the FDRE constitution?
A) President B) prime minister C) House of federation D) house of people representatives.
52. Which of the following is the administrative wing of the state?
A) Sovereignty B) population C) Government D) Territory
53. Which of the following can be taken has best examples of confederation
A) Ethiopia B) Nigeria C) The European union D) Britain
54. The Federal organ of the government which implements and executes laws.
A) House of peoples Representatives C) house of federation
B) state council D) council of ministers
55. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
A) Legislative – House of Federation C) Judical Branch – courts
B) executive – council of minister D) Legislative- house of people representatives.
56. _____is an abstract entity encompassing government sovereignty territory and population.
 A) Government B) state C) party D) president
57. [Link] to EFDR constitution Article 39 describes about
A) Gender equality C) Right of Nations Nationalites and peoples
B) children right D) right to vote
58. Which of the following is true about the derg regime?
A) Introducing federalism C) promoting feudalism
B) promoting state religion D) campaigning for literacy
59. The EFDR of constitution written in _______
A) 1955 B) 2000 C) 1931 D) 1995
60. Who is Head of government according to EFDR constitution
A) president B) Government C) prime minister D) police