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Ch.1 Vocab
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- 1CivicsStudy of citizenship (rights, responsibilities & duties of a citizen) and government
- 2E pluribus unum"Out of many, one"
- 3—"Melting pot theory" refers to immigration during the 1700's & 1800's when groups gave up their cultural heritage.
- 4—"Salad bowl theory" aka pluralism; theory recognizes the cultural diversity of citizens in the US
- 5Popular SovereigntyThe notion that power lies with the people
- 6NaturalizationA legal process to become a citizen
- 7AlienA non citizen
- 8RefugeesPeople who flee their own country because of war, famine, or opperssion
- 9ImmigrantsPeople who move permanently to a new country.
- 10Fourteenth Amendmentan amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
- 11AutocracyRule by self/one
- 12OligarchyRule by few people
- 13Democracya system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- 14Direct democracyIn this type of democracy every citizen votes.
- 15Representative Democracyvariety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people
- 16AnarchyA state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
- 17TheocracyA system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
- 18Totalitarianismaka dictatorship, dictator has "total" control over peoples lives
- 19Monarchya form of government with a monarch at the head.
- 20Dictatorshipa country governed by a dictator.
- 21Governmenthe governing body of a nation, state, or community.
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- Katie Ezzell · Jan 2016
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