FoD - Unit Test 1

Naturalization

A legal process to obtain citizenship

Alien

a foreign-born resident of the United States who has not been naturalized

Refugee

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

Citizens

Members of a community who owe loyalty to a government and, in turn, are entitled to the protection of that government.

Denaturalization

the loss of citizenship through fraud or deception during the naturalization process

Resident alien

A legal alien who has made residence in the United States permanently

nonresident alien

a person from a foreign country who expects to stay in the United States for a short, specified period of time.

Direct Democracy

A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

Republic

A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.

Polis

The center of the city state

Tyrant

a leader who held power through the use of force

Emperor

The supreme ruler of an empire.

Divine right

Belief that the king receives his power from God and was responsible only to God

Patrician

In ancient Rome, a member of the privileged upper class.

Plabeian

The poor lower class; did not own much land.

Fuedalism

the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.

Magna Carta

a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.

Middle Ages

Also known as the medieval period, the time between the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD and the beginning of the Renaissance in the fourteenth century.

Monarchy

A government ruled by a king or queen

Dictator

a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.

Roman Senate

A council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings, in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire.

Julius Caesar

Made dictator for life in 45 BCE, after conquering Gaul, assassinated in 44 BCE by the Senate because they were afraid of his power

Octavian

Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC

Roman Republic

This establishment consisted of the Senate with two consuls who were elected by an assembly dominated aristocrats (wealthy) known as patricians.

Totalitarianism

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Authoritarianism

A political system in which a small group (kings and Queens) of individuals exercises power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public.