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Chapter 1 , Vocab
Vocabulary Words
Question | Answer |
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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 |