Critical Thinking Worksheet

Critical Thinking Worksheet                    Name: _____________________________


1. They say poor people are lazy but rich people
    A. always work the hardest
    B. are usually more caring and usually love to share what they have
    C. pay others to clean up their mess like they're babies and are often on vacation

2. There was a time when those drinking alcohol
    A. only held drinks in their left hand
    B. got thrown in prison and it was called prohibition
    C. were fined $10 for each night they drank after 10pm

3. Paying for poor people's heat in the winter is an example of
   A. capitalism
   B. heterosexism
   C. socialism

4. Because they're free, the fire dept. and police dept. are 2 examples of socialism
    Circle One:            True            False

5. _______________________ is one of the reasons that we still have poverty

6. The U.S. does NOT use torture because many countries disapprove
    Circle One:            True            False

7. The U.S. tortured Canadian Maher Arar because
    A. He admitted to stealing
    B. they found out he hurt people and he said he would do it again
    C. they thought he hurt people but they found out he did nothing wrong

8. How many people die from starvation each day worldwide? _______________

9. $ _______ billion dollars is for the military budget.

10. $ ______ billion dollars could end all the world's hunger

11. ________ was the holocaust's lesson
     A. Jewish people are more important than Native Americans and should be
          talked about more
     B. not to follow all the government's directions, because the German government
         said to kill Jewish people
     C. there was no lesson to the holocaust

12. What do you think the point of this song is?