Unit 1

Question 1

Immigrant

Answer 1

an individual who moves permanently to a new country

Question 2

ethnic group

Answer 2

a group of people who share a common national, cultural, or racial background

Question 3

values

Answer 3

the general principles or belifs people use to make judjments and decisions

Question 4

institution

Answer 4

a key practice, relationship, or organization in a society

Question 5

Popular sovereignty

Answer 5

The idea that government receives its power from the people

Question 6

Citizen

Answer 6

a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a gevernment and, in turn are entitled to its protection

Question 7

civics

Answer 7

the study of the rights and duties of citizens

Question 8

citizenship

Answer 8

the rights and duties of citizens

Question 9

government

Answer 9

the rulling authority for a community

Question 10

naturalization

Answer 10

a legal process to obtain citizenship

Question 11

alien

Answer 11

a foreign-born resident of the United States who has not been naturalized

Question 12

refugee

Answer 12

a person who has left his or her home to escape danger such as persecution by government, war, or natural disaster

Question 13

responsibility

Answer 13

an obligation that we meet to our own free will

Question 14

duty

Answer 14

an action we are required to perform

Question 15

tolerance

Answer 15

respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or differences

Question 16

welfare

Answer 16

the health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community

Question 17

volunteerism

Answer 17

the practice of offering your time and services to others without receiving payment

Question 18

public policy

Answer 18

the decisions and actions a government takes to solve problems in the community

Question 19

representative democracy

Answer 19

a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf

Question 20

constitutional monarchy

Answer 20

monarchy in which the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by the coungry’s constitution and laws

Question 21

majority rule

Answer 21

political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all people

Question 22

authoritarian regime

Answer 22

a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power

Question 23

totalitarian

Answer 23

describes a system in which governemt control extends to almost all aspects of people’s lives

Question 24

ideology

Answer 24

a body of ideas about life and society

Question 25

socialism

Answer 25

system in wich society, either directly or indirectly through the government, controls all aspects of the economy