Duties and Responsibilities
What is the minimum age a US citizen can vote?
18
In this type of government, a person usually comes to power through the use of force, and has complete control over citizens’ lives.
Dictatorship
List one example of how Americans are diverse.
A person who moves from one country to become a citizen of another country is called what?
Immigrant
This term is defined as giving up your time for free, in order to help your community.
volunteering
This is defined as something you MUST do.
Duty
The United States has what type of governmental system?
Republic, or Representative Democracy
These are defined as what your basic beliefs about what is good, and important to you. For example, Equality and Freedom.
Values
This is the process an immigrant goes through to become a citizen.
Naturalization process
Various answers
List one duty for all citizens
Pay taxes, obey laws, attend school, register for draft, serve in court
In this category of government, all aspects of citizens' lives are controlled by the government.
Authoritarian
What is the study of citizens' rights and duties called?
Civics
One of the final steps of becoming a US citizen, after passing the test, is to take an Oath of ___________.
Allegiance
In this type of government, ALL citizens have a say on governmental matters, and directly vote on all matters
direct democracy
What is considered the most important responsibility in a democracy?
Voting
A type of government where the leader is born into power; hereditary.
Monarchy
Defined as "consent of the governed", or "a government's power comes from the people".
Popular Sovereignty
deport
This term refers to the "general health and well-being of people".
welfare
What word is defined as "accepting others' beliefs and practices"?
tolerance
In this type of government the leader is religion, or a religious leader.
Theocracy
This term is put into practice when most of the voterse decide the outcome; the way issues are solved in the US. Example: the law passed because more people voted for it than people who voted against it.
Majority Rule
This terms means a person living in another country, who is not a citizen
alien
In this type of government, the country is ruled by a few people. They could be military, extremely wealthy people, etc.
Oligarchy