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Beschreibung
Karteikarten von Esmeralda Mendoza, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Esmeralda Mendoza
vor mehr als 10 Jahre
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| Frage | Antworten |
| Civics | study of citizenship (rights and responsibilities and government) |
| E Pluribus Unum | "Out of many, one" |
| government | authority that rules a country |
| democracy | a form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people |
| Naturalization | legal process to become a citizen |
| immigrants | people who move permanently to a new country |
| US Citizenship and Immigration Services | agency responsible for overseeing immigration in the US |
| deport | to send someone here illegally back to their own country |
| quotas | the numerical limit placed on the number of immigrants to the US |
| refugees | people who flee their own country because of war, famine, or oppression |
| "salad bowl theory" | aka pluralism; theory recognizes the cultural diversity of citizens in the US |
| "melting pot theory" | refers to immigration during the 17oo's and the 1800's when groups gave up their cultural heritage |
| direct democracy | in this type of democracy every citizen votes |
| representative democracy | aka indirect democracy. Ex: US; type of democracy where citizens vote for representatives who govern on their behalf |
| totalitarianism | aka dictatorships; dictator has "total" control over peoples lives |
| responsibilities | things you OUGHT to do Ex: Be informed |
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