Civics Final Review

What is naturalization?

• those that are naturally born an American citizen

• those that come from a foreign nation

• the legal process to obtain citizenship

• the legal process to live in America

What are natural-born citizens?

• those that come from a foreign nation

• the legal process to obtain citizenship

• the legal process to live in America

• those that do not need to be naturalized/born on American soil

What is the Magna Carta and why is it important?

• a document that made the president superior to law

• a document that made sure that no person even the King and Queen were above the law

• a document that persuaded people to vote for the Constitution

• a document that declared independence from Britain

What is a federal system?

• Type of government in which the power is held just by the central/national government

• Type of government in which the power is held just by the people/states; central government is weak or nonexistent

• Type of government in which the power is shared between the national government and the states

What is a confederal system?

• Type of government in which the power is shared between the national government and the states

• Type of government in which the power is held just by the people/states; central government is weak or nonexistent

• Type of government in which the power is held just by the central/national government

What is a unitary system?

• Type of government in which the power is held just by the central/national government

• Type of government in which the power is held just by the people/states; central government is weak or nonexistent

• Type of government in which the power is shared between the national government and the states

What is a citizen?

• the study of duties, responsibilities, and rights of citizens

• duties, responsibilities, and rights of citizens

• member of a community who is protected by the community’s government

What is civics?

• member of a community who is protected by the community’s government

• duties, responsibilities, and rights of citizens

• the study of duties, responsibilities, and rights of citizens

What is citizenship?

• Duties, responsibilities, and rights of citizens

• The study of duties, responsibilities, and rights of citizens

• member of a community who is protected by the community’s government

Who were the Enlightenment thinkers that helped shape American government?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke