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Bemidji HS-Civics
Civics Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ethnic groups | ethnic groups of people who share a common national,cultural, or racial background |
| values | the general principles or beliefs people use to make judgments and decisions |
| institution | a key practice, relationship or organization in a society |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that government recieves its power from the people |
| citizens | a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and, in turn, are entitled to its protection |
| civics | the study of the rights and duties of citizens |
| citizenship | the right and duties of citizens |
| government | the ruling authority for a community |
| naturalization | a legal process to obtain citizenship |
| alien | a foreign-born resident of the United States who has not been naturalized |
| refugee | a person who has left his or her home to escape danger such as persecution by the government, war or natural disaster |
| responsibility | an obligation that we meet of our own free will |
| duty | an action we are required to perform |
| tolerance | respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices or differences. |
| welfare | the health, prosperity and happiness of the members of a community |
| volunteerism | the practice of offering your time and services without receiving payment |
| public policy | the decisions and actions a government takes to solve problems in the community |
| representative democracy | a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf |
| constitutional monarchy | monarchy in which the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by the country's constitution and laws |
| majority rule | political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people |
| authoritarian regime | a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power |
| totalitarian | describes a system in which government control extends to almost all aspects of people's lives |
| ideology | a body of ideas about life and society |
| socialism | system in which society, either directly or indirectly through the government, controls all aspects of the economy; |
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