Karteikarten
ch. 1 vocab
Karten in diesem Stapel (18)
- 1civicsstudy of citizenship and government
- 2E pluribus unumone of many
- 3melting pot theorya heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous
- 4salad bowl theorythere are times when newly arrived immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their cultures like in the melting pot model, instead they retain them.
- 5popular sovereigntythe people's rule is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives
- 6naturalizationis the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act
- 7aliena foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living.
- 8refugeesa person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
- 9immigranta person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
- 10fourteenth amendmentto the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
- 11governmentthe governing body of a nation, state, or community.
- 12autocracya system of government by one person with absolute power.
- 13dictatorshipgovernment by a dictator.
- 14monarchya form of government with a monarch at the head.
- 15oligarchya small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
- 16democracya system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- 17anarchya state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
- 18totalitarianismabsolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution.