Basic Civics Concepts

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places where people live, work, and play

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communities

Front

important rules written and carried out by government

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laws

Front

a group of people who make laws, carry out laws, and decide if laws have been broken

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government

Front

a representative democracy in which we elect people to speak for us in the making of laws

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republican form of government

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a person who is a member of a community

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citizen

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guidelines for how people should act or behave

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rules