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Chapter 1 , Vocab
Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civics | the study of the rights and duties of citizens |
| citizenship | rights and duties of members of a state |
| citizens | community member who owes loyalty to the government and is entitled to protection from it |
| service economy | where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather then manufacturing a product |
| value | the general principles or beliefs people use to make judgement and decisions |
| popular sovereignty | the notion that power lies with people |
| 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 or her own country |
| government | the ruling authority for a community |
| public policy | the course of action the government takes in responses to an issue or problem |
| budget | a plan for making and spending money |
| democracy | a government in which citizens hold the power rule |
| republic | a representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers |
| direct democracy | form of democracy in which the people vote first hand |
| representative democracy | a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern of their behalf |
| monarchy | a government with a hereditary , single leader |
| authoritarian | a gov. in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power |
| totalitarian | acceptance of other groups such as religious groups |