intro to civics Flashcards

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Community

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a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society

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Government

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the system to govern a state or community.

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Government

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Government

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Values

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individual beliefs that motivate people to act one way or another

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Morals

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your ideas about right and wrong, especially how you should act and treat other people

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Welfare

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helth and happyness of all

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Equality

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the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities

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Unity

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allows you to accomplish different types of tasks related to the game production process

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Independent

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ot influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself:

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Dependent

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relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc

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Fair

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If someone says, “That’s not fair!” they mean whatever happened wasn’t just or done in an unbiased way

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Equity

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fairness and justice

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Diversity

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having a range of people with various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds and various lifestyles, experience, and interests

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Honesty

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uprightness of character or action

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Sovereign

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one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty

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Ethics

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examines the rational justification for our moral judgments; it studies what is morally right or wrong, just or unjust

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Determination

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the act of deciding definitely and firmly.

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Justice

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ustice is the ethical, philosophical idea that people are to be treated impartially, fairly, properly, and reasonably by the law and by arbiters of the law,

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Social Contract

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an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits,

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Superior

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situated higher u for goverment.

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Inferior

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they are regarded as less important because they have less status or ability

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Federal

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pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states

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Constitutional

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having to do with the document that is the foundation of a government

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State Government

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consist of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

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Local Government

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counties, also known as boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana, and municipalities, or cities/towns.

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Compromise

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a way of reaching agreement in which each person or group gives up something that was wanted in order to end an argument or dispute.

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Negotiate

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to confer with another so as to settle some matter.

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Hierarchy

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a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company

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Philosophy

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ove of wisdom.”

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State of Nature

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The state of nature, for Rousseau, is a morally neutral and peaceful condition in which (mainly) solitary individuals act according to their basic urges (for instance, hunger) as well as their natural desire for self-preservation.