Question 1:

During the interview that is done for gaining the US citizenship an English
test is required that has three parts to it, reading, writing, and speaking. The
speaking part of the English test tests the ability of the interviewee to speak
English that is determined by a USCIS officer (U.S Citizenship and
Immigration Services, n.d.). In my opinion, an English Fluency examination
should not de bone as a part of gaining the US citizenship. Speaking the
language of a country one lives in doesnt determine the potential or
capability of that citizen of being a proper citizen, fluency in English only
determines how much the citizen will be able to communicate with the
community they are in. There are many alternate ways that a citizen may
become fluent in English and at the same time not preventing the citizen
from the US citizenship and the opportunities that come with it. For an
example, and as a Lebanese American with a lot of my relatives applying for
the citizenship, I can say that it wouldnt be fair to prevent a citizen from the
citizenship and the much opportunities knowing that they can find
communities that have similar language backgrounds that allow them to
assimilate in the American culture, or through the practice of speaking
English over the years fluency can be gained.

Question 2:

Anarchy is a form of ruling that abolishes the government and the laws, and
citizens are left to do what they want (Barbour and Wright, p: 11-12). Having
this type of government would be truly unrealistic since to start with there
are no real life examples for this type of authority compared with other
authorities, also if there would be no government then how would this
government be taken down if there are no rules or law contributing to such
take down (Barbour and Wright, p: 13). Moreover, when looking to all
relationships that go on around us, a relationship never succeeds if one
person is egocentric and is all about their own freedom and needs
disregarding the needs of the other person. If we apply this to living in a
whole country where people are in numerous relationships, anarchy would
definitely not lead to success in such a country. On the contrary, anarchy
would effect this society negatively since every individual is left to their own
means. If someone wants to steal, rape, or murder there is no one to prevent
such extreme measures (Barbour and Wright, p: 11-12). There are no
regulations as to what is permitted socially and what is not in every domain
such as the economic where all prices can go high for the sake of gaining
money, or even education where people can be prevented such because,
and so on and so forth. Injustice will highly be present in such a society.

Question 3:

To start with, politics should be defined, Lasswell defined politics as who

gets what, when, and how, it determines who gets power and other hard to
attain resources (Barbour and Wright, p: 4). Due to the fact, that politics
really goes back to gaining power and scarce resources, and these two
concepts are the primary source of conflict between all countries through the
time of being, there will always be losers and winners (Barbour and Wright,
p: 4). One thing that makes the key difference between politics and war is
that politics doesnt depend on violence such us shooting missiles, killing
citizens, and attacking the residence of citizens, in order to gain what is
wanted in comparison with war. War is primarily using violence resources in
order for a country or state to gain what it wants whether it power or for
gaining resources. Politics allows countries to strike alliances and come to
compromising solutions for the conflicts, which in turn will allow each country
to gain the resources that are in need (Barbour and Wright, p: 4). Due to the
fact, that there is no state or country that is fulfilled fully with their needs
whether it is economical, educational, scarce resources such as oil and
patrol, or even financial issues, as a result every country is in need for the
other country and if countries were to resort to violence as a way to gain the
needs eventually nothing will be gained (Barbour and Wright, p: 4). These
facts allow politics to say violence free since in the end it allows countries to
gain their needs which in turn allow their systems to get stronger and gain
power.

Question 4:

The Arab Spring was a term that was given to the uprisings that took place in
the Middleeast in a domino effect like fashion, with one country after another
going down the road of uprisings. According to the Britannica Encyclopedia
the Arab Spring initially started in Tunisia in December 2010, and then Egypt,
Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, had uprisings in their countries against their
political systems ( Arab Spring, 2015., para: 1). One of the causes that
flamed the uprising in most of the countries is citizens suffering on the hands
of their governments and political systems. In Tunisia, Mohammed Bouazizi,
a street vendor frustrated by police harassment and humiliation who set
himself on fire, and in Egypt the uprisings were dedicated to a young
Egyptian who had died in suspicious circumstances in police custody in June
2010 (The Arab Uprisings, n.d., para.1). Also, economical, social, and
political distressed situations the citizens were going through empowered
them to initiate the uprisings, examples of such situations were high rates of
unemployment, poverty; widening inequality; rising food prices; and
increasingly visible evidence of corruption and the enrichment of elites (The
Arab Uprisings, n.d., para. 2). Moreover, the citizens in all of these countries
had resent towards their leaders who have stripped the citizens of their
freedom of expressions, and limited opportunities for participation in civil
and political life; long-standing 'emergency laws'; a malfunctioning or absent
justice system; and a repressive security state apparatus that was

responsible for myriad human rights abuses, including torture and killings
(The Arab Spring, n.d. para. 3). Lastly, it was widely known how much social
media played a major role in initiating the uprisings going on, and spreading
the word amongst citizens in order to increase their participation.

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Barbour, C., & Wright, G. (2006). Keeping the republic: Power and citizenship in American
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Study Materials for the English Test. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2015.