Civics - Chapter 1

Popular Sovereignty - A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.

• True

• False

public policy - A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. A policy is a course of action taken with regard to some problem.

• True

• False

socialism - A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.

• True

• False

constitutional monarchy - referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control

• True

• False

majority rule - Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.

• True

• False

acceptance

• tolerance

• socialism

• refugee

• naturalization

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

• alien

• refugee

• immigrant

• tolerance

ruling authority for a community

• public policy

• civics

• socialism

• government

A legal process to obtain citizenship

• citizen

• 
  naturalization

• socialism

• institutions

the health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community

• values

• 
  welfare

• civics

• public policy