What is Civics?
The study of rights, duties, and responsibilities of citizens of a nation.
What is Civics?
People legally admitted as permanent residents.
What is an immigrant?
An action required by law from a citizen; Ex. Jury duty, obeying the law, paying taxes, selective service duty, compulsory schooling
What is a duty?
No government.
What is anarchy?
What are the four functions of a government?
Keeping order, providing services, providing security, and guiding the community.
A member of a state or nation who believes in the legitimacy of the state, and are entitled to rights granted by the state and owes allegiance to the state by birth, naturalization or socialization.
A foreigner non-citizen who has permission (VISA) to be in the nation.
What is an alien?
An action that a citizen should take; Ex. Volunteering, voting, staying informed, service in the military
What is responsibility?
A form of government where a single person holds unlimited power.
The power of government rests with the citizens.
A group of people who share commonalities that organize power under a government.
What is a Nation or State?
Residing in a nation without permission from the government.
A “freedom” granted by the government that should not be limited by the government but should be protected by the government and not infringed on by others
What is a Right?
A form of government in which the society is ruled by religious leaders.
What is a theocracy?
What is a republic?
The study of choices.
What is economics?
A metaphor used to describe a culture in which diverse groups of people have lost their specific original cultures or identities to a new dominant culture; assimilate
What is a melting pot?
What are the three ways in which someone becomes a citizen?
By birth, naturalization, and socialization.
A government where a small group of people controls all decisions.
What is an oligarchy?
Philosophers during the 1700s who theorized about government and its responsibilities to its citizens.
The ruling authority of a society or community.
What is a government?
A metaphor used to describe a culture within a culture where groups of people maintain their unique identities with the larger groups identities
What is a tossed salad?
"Out of many, One."
E Pluribus Unum
A government that is led by a hereditary ruler, and can be absolute or limited.
What is a monarchy?
A political system in which the government suppresses all opposition and controls most aspects of people's lives.