Basis of Govt. VOCAB - Unit 1

Question 0

government

Answer 0

power or authority that rules a country

Question 1

civics

Answer 1

study of citizenship & govt.

Question 2

power

Answer 2

ability to get someone to act in accordance w/ your intentions

Question 3

authority

Answer 3

right to use power

Question 4

citizen

Answer 4

a member of community w/ govt. & laws

Question 5

aliens

Answer 5

people in the U.S. who are not citizens

Question 6

monarchy

Answer 6

• rule by one
  
  • kings & queens
  • rule was passed down through family

Question 7

oligarchy

Answer 7

govt. by the few (families)

Question 8

dictatorship

Answer 8

govt. controlled by one person

- usually seized through force

Question 9

refugees

Answer 9

people fleeing country bc of war, natural disasters, & famine

Question 10

naturalization

Answer 10

the process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen

Question 11

direct democracy

Answer 11

every citizen participated in making decisions
-problems 
   *impractical/inefficient
   *mob rule
aka "tyranny of the majority"

Question 12

representative democracy

Answer 12

citizens elect leaders to govern on their behalf

Question 13

duties

Answer 13

required to do (consequences if you don’t)

Question 14

responsibilities

Answer 14

voluntary things to do as a citizen

Question 15

census

Answer 15

survey done by all American
3 purposes:
1. count pop.
2. gather info on public
3. House of Reps
-done every 10 yrs. (last one in 2010)

Question 16

immigrant

Answer 16

those who are granted the right to be in U.S. & they want to stay permanently

Question 17

migration (Great Migration)

Answer 17

“mass movement”

-post Civil War when many African Americans move from South to Northern cities

Question 18

deported

Answer 18

sent back to country of origin

Question 19

segregated

Answer 19

separation (often bc of race/sex/etc.)

Question 20

De Facto discrimination

Answer 20

unwritten - not allowed, but it occurs

Question 21

De Jure discrimination

Answer 21

the law would allow this discrimination (ex. separated schools)