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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civics | the study of goverment and citizenship |
| coman good | the welfare of society and all the people as a whole |
| anarchy | when there is no goverment, and no laws |
| republic | goverment in which citizens selec representative to make decision (u.s, japan) |
| monarchy | goverment in which the leader is a king or queen |
| dictatorship | goverment in which one person rules and gives citizens little freedom |
| municipal | another word for city |
| safty + order + service | what does the goverment do |
| national, state, local | what are the 3 levels of goverment |
| born on land or by parrents | 2 ways to be born a u.s. citizen |
| alien | another word for non-citizen |
| illigal alien | a person who is in the u.s. and does not have proper documentation |
| vote, jury, join the military | 3 things that a alien can not do |
| U S C I S | angency in the U.S. that deals with imigration |
| naturalization | process an imigrant gose through to become an American citizen |
| Diversity | another name for "different" |
| melting pot | says that society is more united when everyone puts aside culture diferences to become one |
| salad bowl | says that society is better when people keep cultural differences and do not blend into one |
| discrimination | denying opportunities to someone who is qualified based on prejudices of certain groups |
| e pluribus unum | latin phrase that is translated "out of many, one" |
| tolerance | accepting differences in people is called being |
| migration | americans are moving north to south east to west |
| service jobs | more jobs in america today are this kind of jobs instead of manufacturing |
| need more education and more money | what does the increase in technical job in the U.S. mean for you |
| hipanic | largest and fastest growing minority in the U.S. today is |
| census | counting and getting information about the population is called a |
| duty | something that a citizen is REQUIRED to do |
| responsability | something that a citizen SHOULD do but dont need to |
| obey law, pay taxes, court duty, attend school, defend nation | list 5 DUTIES of American citizens |
| aphathy | an attitude in which a peson does not care about something |