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TermDefinition
Civics Is the study of the rights & duties of citizens.
Citizenship rights & duties of members of a state.
Citizen Community member who owes loyalty to the Government & is entitled to protection from it.
Service Economy Where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing a product.
Popular Sovereignty The notion that power lies with the people.
Institution Sets of ideas that people have about Relationships, Obligations, Roles, & Functions of Society.
Naturalization A legal process to obtain citizenship.
Alien A Non-citizen.
Immigrant A person who moves permanently to a new country.
Deport To send an alien or immigrant back to his/her own country.
Government The ruling authority for a community
Public Policy The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem
Budget A plan for making & spending money
Democracy A government in which citizens hold the power to rule.
Direct Democracy A form of democracy in which the people voted firsthand.
Representative Democracy A government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf.
Republic A representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers.
Monarchy A government with a hereditary, single leader.
Majority Rule Political Principe providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people.
Authoritarian A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power
Totalitarian A system in which government control extends to almost all aspects of peoples lives.
Value The general principles or beliefs people use to make judgments and decisions.
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