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VOCABULARY TERMS

Civics Citizen Government Public Policy Budget Dictatorship Democracy. Representative Democracy Montesquieu Locke Aristotle Hobbes Voltaire Naturalization. VOCABULARY TERMS. Why study Civics?. Chapter One: Citizenship and Government in a Democracy. Pages 4 – 25 Civics Today.

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VOCABULARY TERMS

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  1. Civics Citizen Government Public Policy Budget Dictatorship Democracy Representative Democracy Montesquieu Locke Aristotle Hobbes Voltaire Naturalization VOCABULARY TERMS

  2. Why study Civics? Chapter One: Citizenship and Government in a Democracy. Pages 4 – 25 Civics Today

  3. A Government Of the People, By the People, and For the People What does the phrase mean to you?

  4. What are some of the ideas the Founders came to agree upon?

  5. IDEAS OF FOUNDERS? RULE OF LAW LIMITED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT CONCENT OF THE GOVERNED INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

  6. Fromwhere did the ideas come?

  7. Aristotle wrote these words: If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. Explain his meaning.

  8. Thomas Hobbes, an English political thinker during the 1600’s believed: without government life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” What did he mean and why?

  9. John Locke argued that government, to be legitimate, must have the consent of the people. Government also had to protect life, liberty and property. If not, subjects had a right to rebellion. This was a key point in the American revolution. Consent of the governed means…

  10. Baron de Montesquieu believed that to secure liberty and prevent an all powerful government was to divide the power among different groups. James Madison put this idea into the Constitution in the form of the 3 branches of government. What are the 3 Branches?

  11. Voltaire’s belief in freedom from government sponsored religion influenced the 1st Amendment. This became known as the "Establishment Clause". Explain the meaning of the “Establishment Clause.”

  12. FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TOO COSTLY KEEP ORDER PROTECT COMMUNITY SETTLE CONFLICTS PLAN FOR FUTURE What are the main functions?

  13. When people speak of “the government,” they usually mean…

  14. WASHINGTON D.C. ALL OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT CANNOT GO AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. What are the other levels of government?

  15. STATE LOCAL The other two levels of government are…

  16. Democracy: • Since we elect others to make our laws we say that we have a democratic republic. • The people have the power since they are the government. • Voting is one of the most important roles of a citizen. Explain democracy in your own words.

  17. Parliamentary System: • Executive and Legislative functions are united • Judiciary in independent • Prime Minister is elected by Parliament • Prime Minister is head of government only • Monarch is head of state How is Great Britain’s government different from U.S.?

  18. Totalitarian Governments: Leading up to World War II Hitler rose to power. Millions were exterminated. Later, Joseph Staling of the USSR “purged” his country of those who threatened his power. Are there extreme dictators today?

  19. The Chinese Red Cross initially reported 2,600 dead, then quickly retracted that figure under intense pressure from the government. The official Chinese government figure is 241 dead, including soldiers, and 7,000 wounded. Tiananmen Square 1989 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJBnHMpHGRY How much power is too much? What type of government? Where?

  20. Who are American Citizens?

  21. By Birth

  22. Take Test! Naturalization

  23. "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God." The Oath of Allegiance

  24. http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island/videos#arrival-at-ellis-islandhttp://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island/videos#arrival-at-ellis-island Why did so many come to America?

  25. Study the two pictures. Can you determine the meaning of the term “the melting pot?”

  26. The End! 2011 S. Marshall Slidell High School

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