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| Frage | Antworten |
| Civics | the study of the rights and duties of citizens |
| E pluribus unum | "out of many, one" |
| popular sovereignty | government by consent of the governed |
| naturalization | Foreign-born people who choose to become citizens by a legal process |
| dual citizenship | enjoying rights in the US and in another country |
| immigrants | people who move permanently to a new country |
| refugees | person who has willingly left his or her home to escape war, famine, or other disaster |
| "melting pot" theory | people from various cultures come to America and contribute aspects of their culture to create new American culture |
| "salad bowl" theory | newly arrived immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their culture like the melting pot theory |
| 14th Amendment | citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws |
| government | ruling authority for a community, or society |
| autoracy | rule by self/one ex. dictatorship, monarchy |
| oligarchy | rule by a few people |
| democracy | ruled by people |
| direct democracy | citizens meet together and make decisions |
| Representative democracy aka indirect democracy | citizens elect leaders who make decisions |
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