Vocabulary!!!!

1. Vocabulary!!!!

2. In your Vocabulary Section Write your own definition for the following words. Leave space between words. After you have come up with your own definitions, I will go over the actual definition with the class: • Civics • Citizen • Naturalization • Alien • Immigrant • Deportation • Democracy • Consent • Representative • Volunteerism

3. In your Vocabulary Section • Civics – the study of citizens rights and duties • Citizen – community members that owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protections from it. • Naturalization – a legal process to obtain citizenship • Alien – a noncitizen • Immigrant – a person who moves permanently to a new country

4. In your Vocabulary Section • Deportation – to send an alien or immigrant back to his or her own country • Democracy – a government where citizens hold the power to rule • Consent – to give permission; to allow • Representative – type of government where citizens choose a smaller group to govern them. • Volunteerism – the practice of offering your time and services to others without payment.

5. Purpose of Government

6. Copy this into your Notes Section:

11. In order to carry out the functions of government, the system of government has been split up in THREE Levels. WHAT ARE THE THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT?

12. THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

13. THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

14. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy • There are FIVE Fundamental Principles: • Rule of LAW • Limited Government • Consent of the Governed • Individual Rights • Representative Government

15. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy What do YOU Think “RULE OF LAW” means?

16. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy Rule of Law - All people, including those who govern (leaders), are bound by the law. Everyone must follow the law.

17. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy What do YOU think “LIMITED GOVERNMENT” means?

18. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy Limited Government: - Government is not all-powerful. It may only do the things that people have given it the power to do.

19. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy What does “CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED” mean?

20. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy Consent of Governed: - American citizens are the source of all governmental power.

21. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy What does “INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS” mean?

22. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy Individual Rights: - The rights of citizens are protected by the government.

23. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy What does “REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT” mean?

24. Fundamental Principles of American Democracy Representative Government: - Citizens elect government leaders to make laws and govern on their behalf