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Content Vocabulary

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Civics   The study of the rights and duties of citizens.  
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Citizenship   Rights and duties of members of a state  
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Citizens   Men with property posses the right to vote and take part in the government.  
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Service economy   Where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing a product.  
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Values   The general principles, or beliefs, you use to make these judgements.  
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Popular sovereignty   American ideals of individual rights  
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Institutions   Ideas that people have about relationships  
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Naturalization   When foreign born people choose to become citizens.  
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Aliens   Non Citizens  
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Immigrants   People who permanently move to a new country  
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Deport   Sending someone back to their original country  
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Government   Ruling authority for a community or a society.  
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Public Policy   A course of government action to achieve community goals.  
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Budget   Plan for collecting and spending money.  
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Democracy   Government in which citizens hold the power to rule.  
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Direct democracy   Democracy in which people vote first hand.  
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Representative Democracy   The people choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf.  
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Republic   A system of limited government in which the people are the ultimate source of of governmental power.  
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Monarchy   Government with a hereditary ruler -- King, Queen, or other royal figure.  
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Majority rule   Political principal providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people  
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Authoritarian   A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power  
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Totaltarian   system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state  
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