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Chapt 1 Civics Defin
Question | Answer |
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Civics | The study of the rights and duties of citizens |
Citizenship | The rights or duties of members of a state |
Citizens | Members of a community that give loyalty and are protected by the gov't |
Service Economy | An economy where the majority of the people provide service to the community,not manufacture goods |
Values | Broad ideas about whats good or desirable |
Popular Sovereignty | The idea that people hold the power |
Institution | A set of beliefs about obligations/roles shared by everybody in a community |
Naturalization | The process of legalizing an alien |
Alien | Illegal immigrant; non citizen |
Immigrants | A person who moves from one country to another permanently |
Deport | To send an alien back to their own country |
Government | Ruling authority for a community |
Public Policy | Gov't action to fix issues |
Budget | Limit/plan for spending & collecting money |
Democracy | Self ruling gov't; citizens have power |
Direct Democracy | All citizens vote |
Representative Democracy | Government where a small group makes laws, govern and represent the people |
Republic | The people have ultimate power |
Monarchy | Gov't with one hereditary ruler |
Majority Rule | Decisions made based on the most popular vote |
Authoritarian | One leader/group holds absolute power |
Totalitarian | Gov't controls almost all aspects of life |