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Flashcards by Katie Ezzell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katie Ezzell
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Civics | Study of citizenship (rights, responsibilities & duties of a citizen) and government |
| E pluribus unum | "Out of many, one" |
| "Melting pot theory" refers to immigration during the 1700's & 1800's when groups gave up their cultural heritage. | |
| "Salad bowl theory" aka pluralism; theory recognizes the cultural diversity of citizens in the US | |
| Popular Sovereignty | The notion that power lies with the people |
| Naturalization | A legal process to become a citizen |
| Alien | A non citizen |
| Refugees | People who flee their own country because of war, famine, or opperssion |
| Immigrants | People who move permanently to a new country. |
| Fourteenth Amendment | an 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. |
| Autocracy | Rule by self/one |
| Oligarchy | Rule by few people |
| Democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
| Direct democracy | In this type of democracy every citizen votes. |
| Representative Democracy | variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people |
| Anarchy | A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. |
| Theocracy | A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. |
| Totalitarianism | aka dictatorship, dictator has "total" control over peoples lives |
| Monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head. |
| Dictatorship | a country governed by a dictator. |
| Government | he governing body of a nation, state, or community. |
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