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Unit 1 Intro Notes

The document covers fundamental concepts in civics and economics, defining key terms such as citizen, nation, rights, duties, and responsibilities. It discusses the processes of citizenship acquisition through birth, naturalization, and socialization, as well as the roles of government in maintaining order, providing services, and ensuring security. Additionally, it explores cultural metaphors like 'melting pot' and 'tossed salad' to describe the integration of diverse groups within a nation.

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Unit 1 Intro Notes

The document covers fundamental concepts in civics and economics, defining key terms such as citizen, nation, rights, duties, and responsibilities. It discusses the processes of citizenship acquisition through birth, naturalization, and socialization, as well as the roles of government in maintaining order, providing services, and ensuring security. Additionally, it explores cultural metaphors like 'melting pot' and 'tossed salad' to describe the integration of diverse groups within a nation.

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Unit #1 Notes

 Civics – the study of rights, duties and


responsibilities of citizens of a nation
 Citizen – a member of a state or nation
who believes in the legitimacy of the
state, believes entitled to rights
granted by the state and owes
allegiance to the state by birth,
naturalization or socialization.
 Nation or State – a group of people
who share commonalities that
organize power under a government
 Economics – the study of choices
 People seek to satisfy their unlimited
needs and wants when resources are
limited
 Need – something we need to survive; Ex. Food,
shelter, air
 Want – an item people desire but not essential
to survival; Ex. IPods, clothes, cars
 Scarcity – limited resources (things people use)
 Citizens of a state must perform duties,
should perform responsibilities, and
should be granted rights
 Duty – an action required by law from a citizen;
Ex. Jury duty, obeying the law, paying taxes,
selective service duty, compulsory schooling
 Responsibility – an action that a citizen should
take; Ex. Volunteering, voting, staying informed,
service in the military
 Right – a “freedom” granted by the government
that should not be limited by the government
but should be protected by the government and
not infringed on by others
1. Birth
a. By Blood – parents are citizens
b. By Soil – born on the recognized territory of
the nation-state
2. Naturalization
a. Sign a declaration of intention with Citizenship
and Immigration Services (CIS)
b. File an application
c. Interview
d. Pass Citizenship Test
e. Pledges an oath of allegiance
3. Socialization
a. Taught belief system and culture
 Out of many, One
 We are a nation state
 A nation of Citizens, Immigrants, Aliens
and Illegal immigrants
 Immigrant – people legally admitted as permanent
residents
 Alien – a foreigner non-citizen who has permission (VISA)
to be in the nation
 Illegal immigrant – residing in a nation without permission
from the government
 Melting pot – a metaphor used to
describe a culture in which diverse
groups of people have lost their specific
original cultures or identities to a new
dominate culture; assimilate
 Tossed Salad – a metaphor used to
describe a culture within a culture where
groups of people maintain their unique
identities with the larger groups identities
 Government – the ruling authority of a
society or community
 Government is an institution that
possesses power, structure, organization,
values, legitimacy, processes and provide
functions to its citizens
 According to Enlightenment philosopher,
Thomas Hobbes, “life without
government would be solitary, poor,
nasty, brutish and short.” – WHY?
 Keep Order
 Pass and enforce laws, establish courts
 Provide Services
 Schools, libraries, fire and police,
unemployment insurance
 Provide Security
 Prevent crime, protect citizens from foreign
attack
 Guide the Community
 Manage the economy, foreign relations, instill
values
1. Greece
 democracy – the power of government rests
with the citizens
2. Rome
 republic – the power of government rests with
representatives who administer the institution
3. Age of Enlightenment
 Philosophers during the 1700s who theorized
about government and its responsibilities to
its citizens
CRACY = POWER ARCHY = LEAD BY
 A democracy?  An oligarchy?
 An infantocracy?  An anarchy?
 A gerontocracy?  An aristararchy?
 An argentocracy?  A monarchy?
 An aristocracy?  A Corpoarchy?
 A foolocracy?  A diaboloarchy?
 An albocracy?  A kleptoarchy?
 A meritocracy?  A dictatorship?
 A theocracy?  A republic?

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