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SECTION 3
ELL BELLRINGER WORKSHEET
Basic Concepts of Democracy 
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Read the information below and then answer the questions that follow.
Democracy and the Internet would seem to be made for one 
another. Democracy demands that the people be widely informed 
about the government. Internet users can look at the Web sites 
of political candidates. They can discover what’s happening in 
Congress.They can read the most recent Supreme Court decisions 
and do much else. Theoretically, this makes knowledgeable 
participation in the democratic process easier than ever before.
  However, the quantity of information on the Internet and the 
speed of finding it does not guarantee the reliability of that data. 
There is a large amount of unverified, often unverifiable, and 
frequently false information and biased analysis in cyberspace. 
Match each underlined word above to one of these definitions.
 ___________________ supposedly, in theory 
1.
 ___________________ unproven 
2.
 ___________________ unable to be proven, difficult to prove
3.
 ___________________ educated, knowledgeable
4.
 ___________________ promise, ensure 
5.
 ___________________ prejudiced, favoring one side over another 
6.
 ___________________ amount 
7.
 ___________________ involvement, taking part, sharing 
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 What is the main idea of paragraph 1?
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 What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
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 What would be a good title for this passage? 
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