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Term | Definition |
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Civics | The Study Of Rights And Duties Of Citizens |
Citizenship | Rights And Duties Of Members Of A State |
Citizen | Community Member Who Owes Loyalty To The Government And Is Entitled To Protection From It |
Service Economy | Where The Majority Of People Earn Their Living By Providing A Service Rather Than Manufacturing A Product |
Value | The General Principles Or Beliefs People Use To Make Judgments And Decisions |
Popular Sovereignty | The Notion That Power Lies With The People |
Institution | Set Of Ideas That People Have About Relationships, Obligations, Roles, And Functions Of Society |
Naturalization | A Legal Process To Obtain Citizenship |
Alien | A Noncitizenq |
Immigrant | A Person Who Moves Permanently To A New Country |
Deport | To Send An Alien Or Immigrant Back To His Or Her Own Country |
Government | The Ruling Authority For A Community |
Public Policy | The Course of Action The Government Takes in Response To An Issue Or Problem |
Budget | A Plan For Making And Spending Money |
Democracy | A Government In Which Citizens Hold The Power To Rule |
Direct Democracy | A Form Of Democracy In Which The People Vote Firsthand |
Representative Democracy | A Government In Which Citizens Choose A Smaller Group To Govern On Their Behalf |
Republic | A Representative Democracy Where Citizens Choose Their Lawmakers |
Monarchy | A Government With Hereditary, Single Leader |
Majority Rule | Political Principles Providing That A Majority Of The Members Of A Community Has The Power To Make Laws Binding Upon All The People |
Authoritarian | A Government In Which One Leader Or Group Of People Holds Absolute Power |
Totalitarian | A System In Which Government Control Extends To Almost All Aspects Of People's Lives |