Civics- Chapter 1 Vocab

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civics
the study of the rights and duties of citizens
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citizenship
rights and duties of members of a state
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service economy
where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing a product
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value
the general principles or beliefs people use to make judgments and decisions
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popular sovereignty
the notion that power lies with the people
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institution
sets of ideas that people have about relationships, obligations, roles, and functions of society
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diverse
differing from one another
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ethnic
relating to races or groups of people who share common traits and customs
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principal
the most important
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naturalization
a legal process to obtain citizenship
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alien
a noncitizen
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immigrant
a person who moves permanently to a new country
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deport
to send a alien or immigrant back to his or her own country
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deny
refusal to grant, agree, or believe
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obtain
to gain or acquire
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priority
the goals a community considers most important or most urgent
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government
the ruling authority for a community
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public policy
the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem
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budget
a plan for making and spending money
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democracy
a government in which citizens hold the power to rule
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direct democracy
a form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand
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representative democracy
a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf
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republic
a representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers
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monarchy
a government with a hereditary, single leader
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majority rule
political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people
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authoritarian
a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power
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totalitarian
a system in which government control extends to almost all aspects of people’s lives
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community
a group of people who share the same interests and concerns
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enforce
to carry out by force
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constrain
to force, limit, or hold back