The state: concept and features
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Name three state institutions in your area and say what service each provides.
For example: school – education; polyclinic – medical help; Public Services Centre – processing documents.
2
Write three examples of what would change without a state.
There would be no laws or courts, no common funds for roads and schools, and border and safety would not be ensured.
3
Find one interesting fact about the state symbols (flag, emblem, anthem).
An independent answer; the source can be a textbook or an official website.
4
Explain the word “tax” in your own words.
A tax is a compulsory payment that citizens and organisations make by law to the state budget.
5
Write two differences between the state and society.
The state has authority and an apparatus of compulsion, society does not; the state is tied to territory and taxes, while society is a wide sum of relations.