Ch3 vocab Flashcards
A group of people who have the same race culture or nationality
Ethnic group
A person who moves permanently to a new country
Immigrant
The principles or beliefs people use to make judgements and descions
Values
An important practice relationship or orginazatiin
Institution
Idea that government gets it power from the people
Popular sovereignty
The ruling authority for a group of people
Government
A person who is loyal to a government and is protect creed by the government
Citizen
The study of the rights and duties of a citizen
Civics
The rights and duties of a citizen
Citizenship
A legal process of becoming a citizen
Naturalization
A person who lives In a country he or she was not born
Alien
A person who flees his or her country to escape danger
Refuge
An obligation that we meet of our own free will
Responsibility
A thing we are required to perform
Duty
Respecting and accepting others
Tolerance
Health welfare and happiness
Welfare
Giving ones time and services to others without expecting payment
Volunteerism
The descions and actions a government takes to solve a problem
Public policy
A government in which people choose their leaders that represent them
Representative democracy
A government in which the power of the monarch is limited by the constitution
Constitutional monarchy
Democratic principle that says a majority of the people has the power to make laws binding on all the people
Majority rules
A government in which one person or a small group holds all the power
Authoritarian regime
A system I’m which government control peoples lives
Totalitarian
A set of ideas about life and a society
Ideologoly
