unit 1 vocab

Question 1

civics

Answer 1

the study of the rights and duties of citizens

Question 2

citizenship

Answer 2

rights and duties of members of a state

Question 3

citizens

Answer 3

community members who owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it

Question 4

service economy

Answer 4

where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing a project

Question 5

value

Answer 5

the general principles or beliefs people use to make judgments and decisions

Question 6

popular sovereignty

Answer 6

the notion that power lies with the people

Question 7

institution

Answer 7

sets of ideas that people have about relationships, obligations, roles, and functions of society

Question 8

diverse

Answer 8

differing from one another

Question 9

ethnic

Answer 9

relating to races or groups of people who share common traits and customs

Question 10

principle

Answer 10

the rule or conduct or belief

Question 11

naturalization

Answer 11

a legal process to obtain citizenship

Question 12

alien

Answer 12

a noncitizen

Question 13

immigrant

Answer 13

a person who moves permanently to a new country

Question 14

deport

Answer 14

to send an immigrant or alien back to their own country

Question 15

deny

Answer 15

refusal to grant, agree, or believe

Question 16

obtain

Answer 16

to gain or acquire

Question 17

priority

Answer 17

the goals a community considers most important or most urgent

Question 18

government

Answer 18

the ruling authority for a community

Question 19

public policy

Answer 19

the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem

Question 20

budget

Answer 20

a plan for making and spending money

Question 21

democracy

Answer 21

a government in which citizens hold the power to rule

Question 22

direct democracy

Answer 22

a form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand

Question 23

representative democracy

Answer 23

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

Question 24

republic

Answer 24

a representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers

Question 25

monarchy

Answer 25

a government with a hereditary, single leader

Question 26

majority rule

Answer 26

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

Question 27

authoritarian

Answer 27

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

Question 28

totalitarian

Answer 28

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

Question 29

community

Answer 29

a group of people who share the same interests and concerns

Question 30

enforce

Answer 30

to carry out by force or ensure compliance

Question 31

constrain

Answer 31

to force, limit, or hold back