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16 Cards in this Set
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Civics
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The branch of political science that deals with civic affairs and the rights and duties of citizens.
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Citizen
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A civilian.
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Public Policy
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The basic policy or set of policies forming the foundation of public laws, especially such policy not yet formally enunciated.
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Budget
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The total sum of money allocated for a particular purpose or period of time.
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Dictatorship
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Absolute or despotic control or power.
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Democracy
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Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
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Director Democracy
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a form of democracy in which the people as a whole make direct decisions.
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Representative Democracy
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a type of democracy in which the citizens delegate authority to elected representatives
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Majority Rule
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A doctrine by which a numerical majority of an organized group holds the power to make decisions binding on all in the group
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Naturalization
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To adopt (something foreign) into general use.
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Alien
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Owing political allegiance to another country or government
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Immigrant
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A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.
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Deport
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To expel from a country.
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Migration
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The act or an instance of migrating.
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Patriotism
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Love of and devotion to one's country.
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Terrorism
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the unlawful use or threat of violence esp. against the state or the public as a politically motivated means of attack or coercion.
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