| A | B |
|---|
| civics | study of rights and duties of citizens |
| citizens | people with rights and duties |
| e pluribus unum | "out of many, one" |
| service economy | economy where work is performed for someone else |
| naturalization | legal process of obtaining citizenship |
| popular sovereignty | rule by the consent of the governed |
| aliens | non citizens |
| immigrants | people who move permantely to a new country |
| deport | to send back |
| government | ruling authority for an area |
| public policy | course of government policy to achieve community goals |
| budget | plan to spend money wisely |
| democracy | means rule of the people |
| representative democracy | type of government where people elect leaders to make decisions for them |
| direct democracy | type of government where everyone participates |
| monarchy | king or queen |
| majority rule | going by what most of the people want |
| dictatorship | form of gov't where the ruler allows for very little freedom |
| tolerance | accepting and respecting others regardless to differences |
| duties | things we must do |
| responsibilities | things we should do |
| three levels of government | national, state, and local |
| tossed salad theory | description of American citizens being separate but one America |
