August 31, 2015

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vocabulary list from 8/31
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Civics The study of the rights and duties of citizenship
duties a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility
responsibilities a thing that one is required to do as a part of a job
naturalization the process by which US citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen
alien belonging to a foreign country or nation
immigrant a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign county
refugee a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster
illegal alien an alien that has entered the US illegally and can be deported if apprehended
deportation the act of sending an illegal alien back to their home country
expatriation the withdraw from residence in one's native country
melting pot theory a metaphor for describing the assimilation of immigrants into American culture
toss salad the theory that groups of Americans keep their cultural identities along with their American identity
government the governing body of a nation, state or community
levels a position on a real or imaginary scale
Supremacy clause the provision in Article 6, clause 2 of the US constitution that establishes the United States
autocracy a system of government by one person with absolute power
oligarchy a small group of people having control of a country
democracy a system of government in which power is vested in the people
direct democracy a form of government in which the people decide
Representative democracy a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people
federalism the federal principle or system of government
popular sovereignty the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people
rule of law the legal principles that laws should govern a nation
separation of power a principle of the government that each branch should act independently of the others
checks and balances counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated
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