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unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civics | The study of government and citizenship. |
| Common good. | The welfare of society and all the people as a whole. |
| Anarchy. | When there is not Government, and no laws. |
| direct democracy | government in which each citizen is actually part of the government(Ancient Greece) |
| Representative or Republic Democracy. | Government in which citizens elect elect representatives to make decisions(U.S., Japan) |
| Dictatorship. | Government in which citizens have very little freedom. |
| Monarchy. | Government in which the leader is a king or Queen. |
| Dictatorship. | Government in which one person rules and gives the citizens a little freedom. |
| Municipal. | Another word for City. |
| Make laws to keep the order and safety. Provide services. | What are two functions of government? (What does government do?) |
| What are 3 levels of government? ?(not the 3 branches) | National, State and local. |
| 2 ways to be born a U.S. citizen | Born to American parents. Born on America's land. |
| Another word for non-citizen. | Alien. |
| A person who is in the U.S. and does not proper documentation. | illegal alien. |
| 3 things that alien can not do | Vote , jury or run for office. |
| USCIS | Agency in the U.S. that deals with migration. |
| Naturalization. | process an immigrant goes through to become an American citizen. |
| Diversity. | Another name for "different" |
| melting pot. | says that society is more united when everyone puts aside cultural differences to become one. |
| Salad Bowl. | says that the 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/ population shift. | Americans are moving north to south, east to west, and from cities to suburbs; this is called. |
| Service. | More jobs in America today are this kind of job instead of manufacturing. |
| more education. more money. | what does the increase in technical jobs in the U.S. mean for you? |
| hispanic. | 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. |
| Responsibility. | something that a citizen SHOULD do. |
| To pay taxes Obey the laws Draft Attend school Serve in court | list 5 DUTIES of American citizens |
| Apathy | an attitude in which a person does not care about something. |
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