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Chapter 1 vocab.
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- 1CivicsThe study of the rights and duties of citizens.
- 2E Pluribus UnumOut of many, one.
- 3Popular sovereigntyGovernment by consent of the governed.
- 4NaturalizationLegal process by which a citizen of one country becomes a citizen of another.
- 5Dual citizenshipCitizenship in two countries concurrently.
- 6ImmigrantsA person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
- 7Refugeesa person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
- 8Melting pot theoryIt is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States.
- 9Salad bowl theorytimes when newly arrived immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their cultures like in the melting pot model, instead they retain them.
- 1014th amendmentDefines US citizenship. (most important)
- 11governmentthe governing body of a nation, state, or community
- 12autocracya system of government by one person with absolute power
- 13Oligarchya small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution
- 14Democracya system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- 15Direct democracyDirect democracy (also known as pure democracy) is a form of democracy in which people decide
- 16Representative democracyRepresentative democracy (also indirect democracy or psephocracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people.
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