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civics
chapter 1 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| responsibilities | an obligation that we meet on 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 all members of a community |
| volunteerism | the practice of offering your time and services to others without receiving payment |
| public policy | the decision and actions a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern themselves |
| constitutional monarchy | a government in which the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by the country's constitution and laws |
| representative democracy | a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern themselves |
| majority rule | political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community ha he power to make laws binding upon all the people |
| authoritarian regime | a government in which one leader 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 |
| immigrants | people who move permanently to a new country |
| ethnic groups | a group of people who share a common national, cultural, or racial background |
| values | the general principles or beliefs people use to make judgments and decisions |
| institutions | key practices, relationship, o organization in a society |
| popular sovereignty | the idea that government receives it power form the people |
| citizen | a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and, in turn, are entitled to its protections |
| civics | the study of the rights and duties of citizens |
| citizenship | the rights and duties of citizens |
| government | the ruling authority for a community |
| naturalization | a legal process to obtain citizenship |
| alien | a foreign-born citizen of the United States who has not been naturalized |
| refugee | a person who has left his or her home to escape danger scubas persecution by the government, war, or natural disaster |
| expatriation | someone who gives his/her allegiance to a foreign |
| denaturalization | naturalized citizens who are found to have lied on their citizenship application |
| conviction of serious crimes | treason, taking part in a rebellion and trying to overthrow the government |
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