C&E Unit 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Civics | The study of the rights and duties of citizens |
| citizenship | the status of a citizen with rights and duties |
| citizen | A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community |
| service economy | where the majority of people earn their living by providing a service rather than manufacturing a product |
| values | Are broads ideas about what is good or desirable, and shared by people in a society. |
| Popular Sovereignty | people hold the final authority in all matters of government |
| Naturalization | the legal process by which a person is granted citizenship |
| Alien | A Non-Citizen , a citizen of another country |
| Immigrant | a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there |
| Deport | to carry or send away from a country; to banish |
| Government | the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed |
| Budget | a plan for making and spending money |
| democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| Direct Democracy | Is where the citizens directly influence the decision of the government. |
| Representative Democracy | A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people. |
| Republic | A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting |
| Monarchy | A King or Queen |
| Majority Rule | a system in which the ideas and decisions supported by the most people are followed |
| Authorization | the power or right to give orders or make decisions |
| Totalitarian | having to do with a government in which one person, group, or party controls everything |
| Responsibilities | things we should do, duties you owe to other citizens and your government |
| Duties | things we are required to do |
| Draft | The process or method of selecting one or more individuals from a group, as for a service or duty: a candidate who did not pursue the nomination, but accepted a draft by the party convention. |
| Tolerance | a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior, freedom from prejudice |
| Bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials |
| Monarch | A ruler of a kingdom or empire |
| Magna Carta | This document was signed by King John in 1215. It was the first document that limited the power of the government. |
| Legislature | Lawmaking Body |
| John Locke | believed all people have a right to life, liberty, and property |
| Natural Rights | rights that belong to all people from birth |
| Social Contract | an agreement between rulers and the people |
| Colony | a settlement ruled by another country |
| Charter | legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
| Compact | a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action |
| Puritans | a group of Anglicans in England who wanted to purify their church of Catholic ways |
| Pilgrims | people who take long journeys for religious reasons |
| Toleration | the acceptance of different beliefs |
| Indentured Servants | Individuals who agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for free passage from Europe |
| Plantation | large estate farmed by many workers |
| Triangular Trade | trade between the americas, europe, and africa |
| Salutary Neglect | An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies. |
| Boycott | refuse to buy |
| Repeal | To cancel |
| Delegate | a representative |
| American Revolution | a war Americans fought for independence |
| Independence | freedom, self-reliance and freedom from outside control |
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