Introduction to Civics

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The study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.

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Civics

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social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

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Community

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the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration

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Government

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relative worth, merit, or importance:
He knows the value of a college education.
In chess, the queen has a very high value.

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Values

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of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical:
moral attitudes

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Morals

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the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being:

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Welfare

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the state or quality of being equal 2; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability:
The district is implementing a college readiness plan to achieve equality of outcomes for its graduates applying to higher education programs.

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Equality

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the state of being one; oneness.

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Unity

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not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself:

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Independent

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

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Dependent

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free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice:
a fair decision;

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Fair

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the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality:

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Equity

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the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness:

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Diversity

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the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.

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Honesty

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a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.

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Sovereign

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(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:

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Ethics

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the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.

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Determination

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the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness:

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Justice

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the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.

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Social Contract

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higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.:

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Superior

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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, as in federal government; federal system.

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Federal

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lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to):

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Inferior

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All State governments are modeled after the Federal Government and consist of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

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State Goverment

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of or relating to the constitition of a state, organization, etc.

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Constitutional

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the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.

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Local Goverment

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a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.

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Compromise

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to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.

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Negotiate

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any system of persons or things ranked one above another.

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Hierarchy

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the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

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Philosophy

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state of nature, in political theory, the real or hypothetical condition of human beings before or without political association.

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State Of Nature.