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Chapter 1
Nation of Immigrants
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Civics
10th Grade
09/02/2013

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Civics
Definition
Study of the rights and duties of citizens
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citizenship
Definition
rights and duties of members of a state
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citizen
Definition
community member who owes loyalty to the government and is entitled to protection from it
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service economy
Definition
where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing a product
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value
Definition
general principles or beliefs people use to make judgements and decisions
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popular sovereignty
Definition
the notion that power lies with the people
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institution
Definition
sets of ideas that people have about relationships, obligations,roles , and functions of society
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naturalization
Definition
a legal process to obtain citizenship
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alien
Definition
a non citizen
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immigrant
Definition
a person who moves permanently to a new country
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deport
Definition
to send an alien or immigrant back to his or her country
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government
Definition
the ruling authority for a community
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public policy
Definition
the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem
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budget
Definition
a plan for making and selling money
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democracy
Definition
a government in which citizens hold the power to rule
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direct democracy
Definition
a form of democracy in which people vote first hand
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representative democracy
Definition
a government in which citizens choose a small group to govern on their behalf
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republic
Definition
a representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers
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monarchy
Definition
a government with a hereditary, single leader
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majority rule
Definition
political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community had the power to make laws binding upon all the people
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authoritarian
Definition
a government in which one leader pr group of people holds absolute power
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totalitarian
Definition
a system in which government control extends to almost all aspects of people's lives
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