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17 Cards in this Set
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Civics |
The study of the rights and duties of citizens |
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Migration |
A mass movement of people from one area to another |
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Citizen |
community members who owns loyalty to the government and are entitled to protect from it |
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Public policy |
The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem |
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Goverment |
The ruling authority for a community |
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Budget |
A plan for making and spending money |
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Dictatorship |
A government controlled by one person or small group of people |
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Democracy |
A government in which citizens hold the power to rule |
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Representive democracy |
A government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf |
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Direct democracy |
A form of democracy in which the people vote first-hand |
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Majority rule |
political principle providing that a majority of the members of the community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people |
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Naturalization |
A legal process to obtain citizenship |
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Alien |
A non-citizen |
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Immigrant |
A person who moves permenatly to a new country |
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Deport |
To send an alien or immigrant back to his or her develop her own country |
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Patriotism |
The love for ones country |
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Terrorism |
The use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal |
