Unit 6 Vocab Flashcards
E Pluribus Unum
Latin: Out of Many, One
Jus soli
The right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognized to any individual born in the territory of the related state
Alien
A foreign born resident
Jus sanguinis
A right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognized to any individual born to a parent who is a national or citizen of that state
De jure segregation
Racial separation mandated by law
De facto segregation
Racial separation not mandated by law
International law
Rules, usually the result of treaties but also from custom, that regulate how countries are to behave toward one another.
- has no enforcement mechanism and no universal authoritative interpretation
Human rights
Basic rights and freedoms said to belong to all people everywhere
Enlightened self-interest
A philosophy in ethics that’s states that persons who act yogurt her the interest f others ultimately serve their own self-interest
Eminent domain
The inherent power of the state to seize a citizen’s private property or to expropriate property or rights in property without the owner’s consent .
- 5th Amend provides for “just compensation”
Globalization
The process of increasing interconnectedness and closer integration of the world’s markets and businesses as a result of advances in transportation, communications, and information technologies.
These advances promote the flow of goods and services, ideas, capital, and people across borders.
Immigration
The movement of people to one place from another
Isolationism
The foreign policy of a nation that wishes to be inward-looking rather than involved with other countries.
United Nations
An international organization created in 1945 to maintain peace through the collective security of its members
Voter registration
The requirement in some decorators for citizens to enroll in citing rolls before being allowed to participate in elections