Flashcards
Chapter 1 words
Flashcards do conjunto (16)
- 1Civicsthe study of the rights and duties of citizens
- 2E Pluribus UnumOut of many, one.
Meaning everyone is diverse but come together to make a single, strong nation. - 3Popular Sovereigntygovernment by consent of the governed
- 4NaturalizationA legal process to become a US citizen
- 5Dual citizenshipthey enjoy rights in the US and in another country
- 6Immigrantspeople who move permanently to a new country
- 7refugeespeople who are forced to flee their country in order to escape war
- 8Melting pot theorymetaphor that all cultures melt together to form 1 nation
- 9salad bowl theoryused to describe the way how people from every culture are completely different but they come together in their own way to make 1 nation
- 1014th amendmentcitizenship rights
- 11governmentruling authority for a community or society
- 12autocracyrule by self/one
ex. dictatorship, monarchy - 13Oligarchyrule by a few people
- 14Democracyruled by the people
- 15direct democracyall citizens met to debate government matters and vote first-hand
- 16representative democracycitizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf