A | B |
a regioin of the U.S. whose climate is dominated by warm weather. | Sunbelt |
a job in which a person makes a living by providing a service for other people. | Service Job |
people who move from one country to make their homes in another. | Immigrants |
the belief that members of one's own race are superior to those of other races. | Racism |
an official count of the population made every 10 years. | Census |
the process of learning how to participate in a group, learning to accept the values in a group and learning the rules for behavior within it. | Socialization |
specific expectations about what our behavior should be. | Rules |
systems of values and rules that determine how our society is organized. | Social Instutions |
the most basic soical institution | Family |
families made up of adults and their children from previous marriages | Blended Families |
a system of producing and distributing goods and services to fulfill people's wants | Economy |
a person who uses, or consumes, goods and services to satisfy his or her wants and needs | Consumer |
a place in which an exchange of good or services takes place (ex. store, shops or stock exchange) | Market |
The amount a person must pay for a good or service | Price |
anything that is generally accepted as payment for a good or service | Money |
a form of goverment whose authority is heredity | Monarchy |
a government controlled by one person, takes power by force | Dictatorship |
a system of government in which the power is shared by all the people | Democracy |
demonstration of love and devotion to one's country | Patriotism |
learning how to behave politically | Political Socialization |
a person with certain rights and duties under a government | Citizen |
a person has gone through the process of becoming a citizen | Naturalized |
a citizen of one country that lives in another | Alien |
people chose to speak and act for their fellow citizens | Representatives |
a government of laws | Rule of Law |
a group of citizens who decide if a person is guilty or innocent | Jury of Peers |
people who have seen events related to a crime | Witnesses |
well being of all members of society | Common Good |
a person running for office | Candidate |
roles that people play in real life | Social Roles |
Philosopher, said that "without government life would short, brutal, solitary and nasty" | Thomas Hobbes |
Philosopher, came up with the ideas of social contract theory | John Locke |
What are the 2 forms of democracy | 1. Direct 2. Indirect |
Concept where the people rule. | Popular Sovreignty |
Where did the French settle? | Canada and Mississippi River Valley |
Where did the English Settle? | East Coast (Virginia/Mass.) |
Where did the Spanish settle? | Flordia and the Southwest U.S. |
Idea that every ethnic group | Melting Pot/Tossed Salad |
in the U.S. came from another place. | Federal, State, & Local |
What are the 3 levels of government? | federal, state, local |
What are things we should do? | Responsibilities |