Civics Chapter 1 Review

Ethnic Group

• the general principles or beliefs people use to make judgements and decisions
• a group of people who share a common national, cultural, or racial background
• a key practice, relationship, or organization in a society
• the idea that government receives its power from the people

Civics

• the rights and duties of citizens
• a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and are entitled to its protection
• a legal process to obtain citizenship
• the study of the rights and duties of citizens

Naturalization

• a legal process to obtain citizenship
• the rights and duties of citizens
• the study of the rights and duties of citizens
• a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and are entitled to its protection

Government

• a foreign-born resident of the US who has not been naturalized
• a ruling authority for a community
• a person who has left his home to escape danger such as persecution by the government, war, or natural disaster
• an action we are required to perform

Refugee

• a person who has left his home to escape danger such as persecution by the government, war, or natural disaster
• a foreign-born resident of the US who has not been naturalized
• an action we are required to perform
• a ruling authority for a community

Duty

• a foreign-born resident of the US who has not been naturalized
• a person who has left his home to escape danger such as persecution by the government, war, or natural disaster
• a ruling authority for a community
• an action we are required to perform

Tolerance

• the health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community
• respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or differences
• the practice of offering your time and services to others without receiving payment
• to find a solution to a disagreement

Representative democracy

• monarchy in which the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by the country's constitution and laws
• political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people
• a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf 
• a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power

Constitutional monarchy

• a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power
• a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf 
• political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people
• monarchy in which the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by the country's constitution and laws

Authoritarian Regime

• a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf 
• a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power
• monarchy in which the power of the hereditary ruler is limited by the country's constitution and laws
• political principle providing that a majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people