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unit 2: civics study guide, citizenship
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10th Grade
10/29/2014

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citizenship
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the right to live there, work, vote, and pay taxes
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equality under law
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any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere
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republic
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A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president
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representative government
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a government that represents you
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justice
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just behavior or treatment
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popular sovereignty
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the people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people
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limited government
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government cant do what ever they wont
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constitutional government
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principles generally accepted
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democracy
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a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
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rule of law
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the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws
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consent of governed
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government has to approve of all law or agreements
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liberty
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freedom
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individual rights
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to pursue life and goals without interference from other individuals
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