Introduction to Civics Flashcards

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Civics

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the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.

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Community

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a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

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Government

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the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community

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Values

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beliefs that are relative worth, merit, or importance:

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Morals

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expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work.

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Welfare

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the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being:

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Equality

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the state or quality of being equal 2; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability:

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Unity

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a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one.

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independent

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not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself:

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dependent

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relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.

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Fair

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free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice:

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Equity

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the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality:

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Diversity

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the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness:

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Honesty

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the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.

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Sovereign

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a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.

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Ethics

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(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:

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Determination

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the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.

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Justice

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the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness

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Social Contract

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an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole.

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Superior

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higher in station, rank, degree, importance and goverment

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inferior

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lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to)

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Federal

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pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.

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Constitutional

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of or relating to the constitution of a state, organization, etc.

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State Government

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a political division of a body of people that occupies a territory defined by frontiers.

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Local Government
the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
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Compromise
a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
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Negotiate
to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
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Hierarchy
any system of persons or things ranked one above another
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Philosophy
the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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State of Nature
an uncivilized or uncultivated state.