Ch 3 Word Wall
A Picture is worth 1000 words,
But an explanation may have to
do…
Immigrants
People moving into a country
who
plan to stay.
Ethnic Groups
Members of an Ethnic
Group have a common
national, cultural, and
racial background.
Values
The general principles or beliefs
people use to make judgments and
decisions.
INSTITUTIONS!
Institutions- are the key practices,
relationships, and organizations in society.
Example: The most important institution of the
USA is the family.
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
THE IDEA THAT THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVES THEIR
POWER FROM THE PEOPLE.
CITIZENSHIP
Citizenship is the
rights and duties
of a citizen
Civics
Civics-Study of the duties and
rights
of a citizen.
Citizen
Members of a community who owe loyalty to
a government and in return have protection
from that government
Government!!!
The ruling authority for a community.
Naturalization
• A legal process to
obtain citizenship
• One of the ways is to
take a citizenship exam.
If you qualify then you
go to a special
ceremony, and you are
considered naturalized.
Aliens
• A foreigner who
lives in the United
States and doesn’t
have citizenship
Not this
kind of
alien
Refugee
People who flee a country to escape
danger from a foreign land.
Responsibilities
As a citizen of the U.S, doing what
should be done to help others.
Duties
Americans have legal duties, set
by the law.
TOLERANCE
Tolerance is accepting and
respecting others regardless
of their differences in
religion, race, and political
matters.
Welfare
The health,
prosperity, and
happiness of
others
Volunteerism
Volunteerism-n. The practice of offering your time
and services without receiving any payment.
WHY Is this IMPORTANT?
Some people need help,
But do not have the money to
pay for it.
PUBLIC POLICY
Decisions and actions government
takes to fix the problems in the
community.
Direct Democracy
A system of government in which people
govern themselves. Direct democracy is
practical for countries with small populations,
so that they make their own decisions.
Representative
Democracy…
•A Representative Democracy is when the
public decides to have a group of people
represent them.
•The Representatives Jobs are to make laws
on behalf of the people.
Constitutional Monarchy
Monarchy is limited in which
the power of the hereditary ruler
is limited by the country's
constitution and laws.
•In a modern monarchy rulers
power is limited by the country’s
constitutional laws.
• In a constitutional monarchy,
the monarch also shares power
with a constitutionally organize
government.
MAJORITY RULE
Democracy works on the
principle of majority rule. This
means that when 2
candidates from different
political parties participate in
a free and fair election, the
candidate that receives more
than half the votes wins the
election. This being said,
majority rule favors the most
citizens and everyone keeps
their basic rights as equal
members of society.
Authoritarian Regime
• (Aw-thahr-uh-tehr-ee-uhn)
• Power held by a person or a group which is inherited and not
accountable to the people.
OR
Totalitarianism
In a totalitarian state,
the government
controls almost all
aspects of life.
Oligarchy
• Oligarchy is governed by a
few people with despotic
power for corrupt or selfish
purposes.
AUTOCRACY
Adolf Hitler,
Joseph Stalin,
Saddam
Hussein, and
Howell Raines
are some
famous
autocratic
leaders.
A system of government in
which a single person has
absolute power, and can do
whatever they want.
A body of ideas about life
and society.
Socialism
• Socialism is a system in which society,
either directly or indirectly through the
government, controls all aspects of the
economy.
Soviet Russian
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Communism
Karl Marx
•A one-party system of government based on
the idea of state ownership and direction of
property and industry.
•Karl Marx thought we should share and be
fair so no one was in poverty.