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Myesha's Civics Chapter 1 Vocab. Flashcards
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- 1Civicsthe study of rights and duties of citizenship
- 2Dutiesan action required by law for a citizen to perform
- 3Responsibilitythe state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone
- 4NaturalizationNaturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country.
- 5Alienbelonging to a foreign country or nation.
- 6Immigranta person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
- 7Refugeea person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
- 8Illegal AlienAlso known as an "Undocumented Alien," is an alien who has entered the United States illegally and is deportable if apprehended, or an alien who entered the United States legally but who has fallen "out of status" and is deportable.Dec 13, 2014
- 9Deportationoccurs when the federal government formally removes an alien from the United States for violations of a number of immigration or criminal laws, described in more detail below. Once deported, an alien may lose the right to ever return to the United States, even as a visitor.
- 10Expatricianleave one's native country to live elsewhere
- 11Meeting Pot Theorya country, locality, or situation in which cultural assimilation results in blending the heritage and traditions of previously distinct ethnic groups.
- 12Toss Salad TheoryThe salad bowl concept suggests that the integration of the many different cultures of United States residents combine like a salad, as opposed to the more traditional notion of a cultural melting pot.
- 13Government-Provides services
-Make tenforce laws
-Keep order
-Provide stability & security
-Provides for the future - 14Levels of Government-National
-State
-Local - 15Supremacy Clausethe provision in Article Six, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution that establishes the United States Constitution, federal statutes, and treaties as "the supreme law of the land."
- 16Autocracya system of government by one person with absolute power.
- 17Oligarchya small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
- 18DemocracyA system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives. Note: Democratic institutions, such as parliaments, may exist in a monarchy.
- 19Direct Democracyis a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly.
- 20Representative Democracy aka "Indirect" Democracy \?is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
- 21US Citizenship and Immigration Servicesagency responsible for overseeing immigration in US
- 22Deportto send someone here illegally back to their own country
- 23quotasthe numerical limit placed on the number of immigrants to the US
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