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Flashcards by Morgan Babson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Morgan Babson
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Civics | The study of rights, responsibilities & government |
| Duties | Obligations or responsibilities |
| Responsibility | Something that someone is required to do as a part of a job, role, or legal obligation |
| Naturalization | The process of which U.S citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen after he or she fulfills the requirements by the Congress in the immigration & Nationality Act |
| Alien | A foreigner who is not a naturalized citizen in the country in which they are living or a belonging of a foreign country |
| Immigrant | A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country |
| Refugee | One who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural diaster |
| Illegal Alien | One who has entered the U.S illegally and is able to be deported if caught by the government |
| Deportation | The action of deporting (removing) a foreigner from a country |
| Exploration | The act of traveling in or through an unfamiliar country in or to learn about it |
| The Melting Pot Theory | A country, locality, or situation in which cultural assimilation results in the blending the heritage and tradition of previous cultures |
| Government | The governing body of a country, state, or community ; system of ruling |
| Levels of government | 1) National 2) State 3) Local |
| Supremacy Clause | The clause in the U.S Constitution stating that all made furthering the Constitution and the treaties made under the authority of the U.S are the "supreme law of the land" |
| Autocracy | A system of government by which one person has all power |
| Oligarchy | A government governed by a small group of people |
| Democracy | A government governed by the whole population |
| Direct Democracy | Form of government in which all laws are created by a general vote of society |
| Representative Democracy (Indirect Democracy) | A variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people |
| Salad Bowl Theory | Times when newly arrived immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their cultures like in the melting pot model, instead they retain them. |
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