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45 Cards in this Set
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immigrant |
an individual who moves permanently to a new country |
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ethnic group |
a group of people who share a common national, cultural, or racial backround |
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values |
the general principles or beliefs people use to make judgments and decisions |
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institution |
a key practice, relationship, or organization in a society |
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popular sovereignty |
government receives its powers from the people |
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citizen |
community member who owes loyalty to the government and is entitled to its protection |
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civics |
the study of the rights and duties of citizens |
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citizenship |
rights and duties of citizens |
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government |
the ruling authority for a community |
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naturalization |
a legal process to obtain citizenship |
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alien |
a foreign-born resident of the United States who has not yet been naturalized |
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refugee |
a person who has left his or her home to escape war, persecution by the government, famine, or natural disaster |
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responsiblity |
an obligation that we meet of our own free will |
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duty
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an action we are require to preform; a tax on imported goods |
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tolerance |
respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or differences |
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welfare |
the health, prosperity, and happiness of a community; aid given to the poor in the form of money or necessities |
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volunteerism |
the practice of offering your time and services to others without receiving payment |
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public policy |
the decisions and actions a government takes to solve problems in the community |
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representative democracy |
a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf |
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constitutional monarchy |
monarchy in which the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by the country's constitution and laws |
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majority rule |
political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make binding upon the people |
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authoritarian regime |
a government in which one leader or group holds absolute power |
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totalitarian |
describes a system in which government control extends to almost all aspects of people's lives |
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ideology |
a body of of ideas about life and society |
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socialism |
system in which government owns some factors of production and distributes the products and wages |
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democracy |
a form of government in which the people hold the power |
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direct democracy |
a form of government in which the people vote firsthand |
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representative democracy |
a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf |
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republic |
a representative democracy in which citizens choose their own lawmakers |
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limited government |
the principle that a ruler or government is not all-powerful; a government that can do only what the people allow it to do |
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legislature |
a group of people that makes laws |
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social contract |
an agreement on people in a society with a government |
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natural rights |
freedom people possess relating to life, liberty, and property |
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indentured servant |
workers who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor |
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dessenter |
one who opposes official or commonly held views |
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economy |
a system for making choices about ways to use scarce resources to make and distribute goods and services to fulfill people's need and wants
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cash crop |
a crop produced mainly for sail |
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plantation |
a large estate |
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liberty |
the quality or state of being free |
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proclamation |
an official, formal public announcement |
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boycott |
the refusal to purchase certain goods or services |
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repeal |
to cancel a law |
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duty |
an action we are required to preform; a tax on imported goods |
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smuggling |
the act of importing or exporting secretly, in violation of law and especially without paying duty on goods |
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delegate |
a representative to a meeting |
