Flashcards
Civics Chapter 1 Vocab.
Cards in this deck (16)
- 1Civicsthe study of the rights and duties of citizens
- 2E pluribus unum"out of many, one"
- 3popular sovereigntygovernment by consent of the governed
- 4naturalizationForeign-born people who choose to become citizens by a legal process
- 5dual citizenshipenjoying rights in the US and in another country
- 6immigrantspeople who move permanently to a new country
- 7refugeesperson who has willingly left his or her home to escape war, famine, or other disaster
- 8"melting pot" theorypeople from various cultures come to America and contribute aspects of their culture to create new American culture
- 9"salad bowl" theorynewly arrived immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their culture like the melting pot theory
- 1014th Amendmentcitizenship rights and equal protection of the laws
- 11governmentruling authority for a community, or society
- 12autoracyrule by self/one
ex. dictatorship, monarchy - 13oligarchyrule by a few people
- 14democracyruled by people
- 15direct democracycitizens meet together and make decisions
- 16Representative democracy aka indirect democracycitizens elect leaders who make decisions