| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Levels of Government- Federal/National | All 50 states |
| Levels of Government- State | Florida |
| Levels of Government- Local | Miami-Dade County |
| By Birth- mean.. | Born here |
| By Birth- the border line is | Perto Rico, Guami, US Military Base |
| By Birth- you were born out of the US | Parent(s) who are US citizens Your a citizen by birth too |
| Naturalization Process Step 1 | Sign decleration of intention |
| Naturalization Process Step 2 | Live in the US for 5 years |
| Naturalization Process Step 3 | Application for Citizenship |
| Naturalization Process Step 4 | Interview ( alien) whith USCIS |
| Naturalization Process Step 5 | Citizenship Exam |
| Naturalization Process Step 6 | Attend a ceromony & plending an oath of allegiance |
| Naturalization Process Step 7 (and maybe) | Person signs governemnt is declared a US citizen |
| As a citizen what do you agree to do? | They are community members who owe loyalty to the governement & are entiled to protection from it. |
| What is the role of government in the commmunity? | The ruling authority for a community. |
| Why did Thomas Hobbes belive people needed governements? | Whithout governments life would be "solitary(lonely), poor,nasty,brutish,and short |
| Why is planning a budget important to a governements sucsess? | Creating a budget or plan for collecting&spending money is the key to sucess- so firefighters, police men, and teachers (ect.)can get paid. |
| How do the general duties of the national government differ from those of the state governements? | National government- makes & enforses laws for the entire country. State governements- cant take actions that go against the laws and authority |
| what is ment by majority rule? | political principle providing that a majority rule of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all people |
| what is the diffrence from a dictator ship and democracy? | dictator ship is the government contorlled by 1 person/small group. democracy is when citizens hold the power to rule |
| what is the diffrence between an alien and an immigrant? | aliens live in the Us. Immigrants people who move permanetly to a new country |
| why do aliens come to the US? | work, study, Visit relatives |
| why would government official deport someone? | its agaisnt the law to hire illegal alines and those who find work usually recivr pay and no benefits |
| Leagal aliens can and can't | cant vote in elections or run for office. Cant serve on juries or work in governement jobs |
| Natural Born citizens Can and Cant | can vote and run for office. Can serve on juries or work in governement jobs |
| when did the largest group of Europen immigrants come to the United States? | Mid- 1900's |
| How would you describe Americans Culture today? | the south claims that distiction and the population there in the west is groowing more that any region |
| what are two sorces of american unity? | common civic & political heritage based upon the countrys founding documents such as the decleration of independence |
| Civics | is the study of rights and duties of a citizen |
| Citizens | have certain rights and duties |
| Governemnt | is the ruling authority for a community |
| Public Policy | course of government action to achive community goals |
| Budget | a plan for collecting and spending money |
| dictator ship | a governement controlled by one person of a small group of people |
| Democracy | a governement in which citizens hold the power to rule |
| direct democracy | all the citizens met to debate goevernement matters + vote 1st hand |
| representative democracies | a governement in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf |
| Majority Rules | political principle proving that majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all people |
| Naturalization | a legal process to obtain citizenship |
| Aliens | a non citizen |
| Immigrants | people who move permanetly to a new country and gain american citizenship each year. |
| Deport | to senda an alien or immigrant back to his or her own country |
| Migration | a mass movement of people from one area to another |
| Patriotism | love for ones counrty in many ways |
| Terrorism | Use of violence by groups agaisnt civilains to achive a political goal |
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