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FlashCards por Bethany Davis, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Bethany Davis
mais de 9 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| Civics | The study of the rights and duties of citizens |
| Duties | A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility |
| Responsibilities | Having control of a job or person |
| Naturalization | When someone becomes a citizen |
| Alien | from another place |
| immigrant | a person whos moves to another country to live permanently |
| refugee | |
| illegal alien | people who come into a country illegally |
| deportation | |
| exploration | |
| melting pot theory | a country, locality, or situation in which cultural assimilation results in blending the heritage and traditions of previously distinct ethnic groups. |
| tossed salad theory | the integration of the many different cultures of United States residents combine like a salad, as opposed to the more traditional notion of a cultural melting pot. |
| government | - provides services - make and enforce laws - provides security - provide for the future |
| Levels of government | |
| supremacy clause | the provision in Article Six, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution that establishes the United States Constitution, federal statutes, and treaties as "the supreme law of the land. |
| autocracy | one person rules all |
| oligarchy | few people rule all |
| democracy | |
| direct democracy | |
| representative democracy | elect officers to rule with restrictions |
| federalism | federal principle of government |
| popular sovereignty | government was made by and sustained by people |
| rule of law | everyone has to follow the law no matter how high up they are |
| seperation of powers | the government is separated into 3 branches |
| checks and balances | each branch of government can limit the power of another |
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