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18 Cards in this Set
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Citizen
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A member of a community and owes loyalty to thee government and is entitled to its protection. Enjoys rights, responsibilities and obligations.
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Natural born citizen
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Born within 50 states; U.S. territory; U.S. military base
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Naturalized Citizen
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Must be 18, live in U.S. for 5 years, must past citizenship test, oath to uphold the constitution
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Law of blood
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A person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents
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Law of soil
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A person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth
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Suffrage
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Right to vote
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US citizens responsibilities
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Should Do: Vote, Volunteer, and attend civic meetings
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US citizens obligations (Duties)
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Must Do: Pay taxes, Obey laws (ordinances), Serve on Jury, defend the nation (Selective Service)
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Selective Service
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Men ages 18-25 must register to serve our country
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Popular Soverienty
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Government receives the power from it's people
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Representative Democracy
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Government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf. (United States)
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Republic
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A representative democracy in which citizens choose their lawmakers. (United States)
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Absolute Monarchy
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Form of government in which the leader is an all-powerful king.
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Autocracy
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A single individual run government. Autocrats often come to power through control of the military. Citizens almost have no rights.
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Constitutional Monarchy
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Form of democracy because the government has a constitution that allows citizens rights and responsibilities. Power of the king/queen is extremely limited and parliament runs the government.
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Parliament
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Law making body of government (similar to Congress)
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Oligarchy
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A small group of elites runs the state.
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Socialism
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System in which government owns some factories of production and distributes the products and wages. Idea is for everyone to be equal. It is easily corrupted.
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