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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| civics | the study of the rights and duties of citizenship. |
| citizenship | the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen. |
| citizen | a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized. |
| service economy | where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing |
| value | the general principles |
| popular sovereignty | Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people |
| institution | a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose. |
| naturalization | The process by which a foreign citizen becomes a citizen of a new country. Millions of immigrants to the United States have become American citizens. |
| alien | a person not from america |
| immigrant | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. |
| deport | expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime. |
| goverment | the governing body of a nation, state, or community. |
| public policy | the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based. |
| budget | an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time. |
| democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
| direct democracy | s a form of government in which all laws are created by a general vote of society |
| representative democracy | is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. |
| republic | a group with a certain equality between its members. |
| monarchy | a state that has a monarch. |
| majority rule | the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power. |
| authoritarian | favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom. |
| totalitarian | the character or quality of an autocratic or authoritarian individual |
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