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Civics - Lesson 1
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- 1What Is Government?government is one or more people who exercise control over a society
- 2A society isa group of people who live and work in a particular area, such as a state or nation
- 3A social class isa group of people with similar positions in society
- 4Artisanspeople who make things that people need, like pots, weapons, and bricks for building
- 5The first written laws were developed inMesopotamia, which is now Iraq
- 6The earliest roots of modern European government came fromGreece and Rome
- 7Greece was the dominant civilization ofEurope and the Mediterranean area
- 8About 350 B.C.Athens was the greatest city in a region called Attica
- 9Democracy was invented inAthens
- 10our word democracy comes fromGreek
- 11demos: nouncommon people of an ancient Greek state
the common people; populace
Sociology: people viewed as a political unit.
PF - “the people.” Democracy is government that draws its power from the people - 12Aristotle claimedthat the competing interests in a democracy made for chaos rather than purposive and deliberated action
- 13Plato The Republic claimedthat democracy allowed people to follow all their passions and drives without order or control
- 14sovereign is calledA state or nation
- 15There are two categories of governmentauthoritarian governments
democratic governments - 16An authoritarian governmentrules without the consent of the people
- 17a democratic governmentis based on the will of the people
- 18three basic kinds of authoritarian governmentsAbsolute monarchies
Dictatorships
Totalitarian states - 19Absolute monarchies aregovernments ruled by emperors, kings, or queens who have absolute power
- 20Augustus Caesarthe first Roman emperor after the republic collapsed Augustus actually held absolute power
- 21Louis XIVbecame king of France in 1643 A.D., when he was only 5 years old
wasn’t allowed to rule until 1651 A.D., when he was 13 - 22Louis XIV called himselfle Roi Soliel (the Sun King)
- 23Immigranta person who goes from one country to another for the purpose of taking up residence
- 24Tolerancerespecting the faiths or beliefs of others
- 25Intolerencethe practice of condemn the religious practices or beliefs of others
- 26Cultural Diversitya region populated by different people from different places who have different customs
- 27Raw Materialsgoods used in the production or manufacture of products
- 28Regimea system of government but the term is often used to refer to a dictatorial or totalitarian government
- 29Legislaturea group of people who propose, debate, and pass laws such as a state or federal legislative body
- 30In a direct democracyany citizen can participate directly in
the decision making of government - 31In a representative democracypeople participate in the decision making through an elected representative
- 32Old WorldEurope and England also called the Old Country
- 33Indentured ServantsImmigrants who paid for their passage to North America by working for an employer for a set number of years
- 34Middle AgesPeriod of about 1,000 years after the fall of Rome
- 35Prime MinisterPolitical leader of the United Kingdom
- 36Pilgrimspeople who take a sacred journey
- 37Mayflower Compactallowed the pilgrims to establish laws based on a majority vote
- 38New Worldthe land on which the new colonies were settled
- 39Bill of Rightsa statement of the rights and liberties of a group of people
- 40Repealto end or remove a law
- 41Boycotta protest against a group or nation in which people refuse to buy goods from that group or nation
- 42Treasonan act of disloyalty to one's country
- 43Ratifyto approve by a vote
- 44Loyalistscolonist who remained faithful to the King of England
- 45Mercenarya soldier paid to fight for another country
- 46Mesopotamiaan ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq