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Flashcards by Kaleb Heup, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kaleb Heup
about 8 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 (the motto of the US). |
| "melting pot theory" | a country, locality, or situation in which cultural assimilation results in blending the heritage and traditions of previously distinct ethnic groups. |
| "salad bowl theory" | newly arrived immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their cultures like in the melting pot model, instead they retain them. |
| popular Sovereighty | people's rule is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power. |
| Naturalization | is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. |
| Dictatorship | government by a dictator. |
| Totalitarianism | absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution. |
| Alien | belonging to a foreign country or nation. |
| Refugees | a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. |
| Immigrants | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. |
| Fourteenth Amendment | United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868 |
| Government | system by which a state or community is controlled. |
| Autocracy | a system of government by one person with absolute power. |
| Monarchy | a form of government in which sovereignty is actually or nominally embodied in one or several individual(s) reigning until death or abdication. |
| Oligarchy | a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution |
| Democracy | A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives |
| Anarchy | a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. |
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