Civics Voc.

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Civics
Joseph Pait
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Joseph Pait
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Civics The study of the rights and duties of citizenship.
E Pluribus Unum Latin for "Out of Many"
Melting Pot Theory A heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous.
Salad Bowl Theory Newly arrived immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their cultures.
Popular Sovereignty The authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
Naturalization Is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen can become a citizen.
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 All persons born or naturalized in the United States.
Autocracy A system of government by one person with absolute power.
Oligarchy A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Democracy A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Direct Democracy Giving citizens an extraordinary amount of participation in the legislation process and granting them a maximum of political self-determination.
Representative Democracy Indirect Democracy Citizens elect representatives to make laws on their behalf.
Theocracy A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
Anarchy A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority.
Totalitarianism A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Majority Rule A decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority, that is, more than half the votes.
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