Purposes of Government
Transportation, communication, health and safety, welfare services, and unemployment are just a few examples.
What is providing public services?
Power is in the hands of one person who took over the country by force.
What is a dictator?
Serving on a jury, paying taxes, obeying the law, and attending school until the age of 18.
What are duties?
A citizen born in any state, territory or U.S. Military base is an American Citizen by this.
What is birth?
An institution that makes and enforces laws.
What is government?
Protecting our sovereignty.
What is providing security?
Power is inherited and laws are made by that leader and doesn't necessarily apply to him or her.
What is an absolute monarchy?
Work on a campaign, recycle, volunteer, educate yourself about the world around you.
What are responsibilities?
A person not born on American soil, but who's parent are both American citizens are citizens by this.
What is blood?
Freedom, equality, opportunity, justice, democracy, unity, respect, tolerance.
What are American values?
Protecting us against violence from others.
What is maintaining public order?
High taxes are required to pay for all the services made available to its citizens.
What is socialism?
Vote in elections, practice any religion, peacefully protest, have a fair trial.
What are rights
The process immigrants go through to become citizens of the United States.
What is naturalization?
Sets of ideas that people have about relationships, obligations, roles, and functions.
What are social institutions?
Creating, passing, and approving the federal budget is an example.
What is guiding the community?
Power is in the hands of the people through voting for officials who make decisions, and it provides many rights and freedoms to its citizens.
What is representative democracy?
Essential to maintaining democracy.
What are rights, duties, and responsibilities?
A person who immigrated to the United States legally but is not a US citizen.
What is a resident alien?
Considered the most important institution in American life as it is the core of social life.
What is family?
An agreement between the people and the leaders on how the government will function.
What is social contract?
Power rests in the hands of one political party and they control all businesses, industries, and farms.
What is communism?
A person who has certain rights, duties and responsibilities.
What is a citizen?
"Out of many, one"
What is E Pluribus Unum?
An important effect of having a set of shared values.
What is unity?