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