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Section 1 Vocabulary
Civics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civics | Is the study of the rights and duties of citizens ( school , jury duty, witness of court) |
| Citizenship | Rights and duties of members of a state ( Born in U.S.A) |
| Citizen | Community member who owes loyalty to the government is able to check or restrain the power of the others. (native or naturalized member of state or nation) |
| Service Economy | Where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing a product (service company) |
| Value | The general principles or beliefs people use to make judgement and decisions ( Beliefs and judgement and decisions) |
| Popular Sovereignty | The nation the power lies with the people ( people of the vote ) (Sovereignty - King/Queen) |
| Insititution | sets of ideas the people have about relationships, obligations, roles , and functions of society. (Family Institution) |
| Naturalization | A legal process to obtain citizenship ( become a citizen) |
| Alien | A non citizen ( Not from country) |
| Immigrant | To move into a foreign country (When the irish came to New York |
| Deport | To send an alien or immigrant back to his or hers own country ( to send back) |
| Government | The ruling authority for a community |
| Public Policy | The course of action the government takes in response of a issue or problem |
| Budget | A plan for making and spending money |
| Democracy | A government in which citizens hold the power to rule |
| Direct Democracy | A form of democracy in which the people vote first hand |
| Representative democracy | A government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf |
| Republic | A representive democracy where citizens choose their law makers |
| Monarchy | A government with a hereditary , single |
| 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 | Power or influence over other people or groups ; person having the power to government . |
| Totalitarian | A system in which government control extends to almost all aspects of people's lives |