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17 Cards in this Set
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Authoritarian
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A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power.
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Civics
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The study of the rights and duties of citizens.
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Citizenship
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Rights and duties of members of the state.
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Direct Democracy
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A form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand.
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Democracy
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A government in which citizens hold the power to rule.
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Government
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the ruling authority for a community.
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Immigrants
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a person who moves permanently to a new country.
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Institutions
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Set of ideas that people have about relationships, obligations, roles, and functions of society.
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Majority Rule
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Political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all people.
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Monarchy
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A government with a hereditary single leader.
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Naturalization
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A legal process to obtain citizenship.
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Public Policy
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The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem.
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Popular Sovereighty
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The notion that power lies with the people.
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Totalitarian
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A system in which government control extends to almost all aspects of people's lives.
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Service Economy
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Where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing a product.
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Representative Democracy
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A government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf
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Republic
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A representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers.
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