1. Study Guide Power Point for Your Civics Exam
1. Use this powerpoint to help you complete your study guide DUE MONDAY.
2. TURN UP the VOLUME TO HEAR A QUICK TUTORIAL ON HOW TO USE THESE SLIDES.

2. Look at the exam schedule to confirm the day that you will be testing in Civics.

3. KUDOS TO PERIODS 2 & 3 for creating slides for your review!!!

5. NATURALIZED CITIZEN-LEGAL PROCESS FOR BEING A CITIZEN

6. 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITION-YOU HAVE TO BE BORN OR NATURALIZED TO BE A U.S. CITIZEN.

7. LAW OF BLOOD- when one of your parents are a u.s. citizen

8. Law of soil-when a person is born a citizen on us soil

9. Part I & II
Define Terms: # 5. Duties: A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility # 15. Self-Government: Government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony # 31. Selective service: Service in the armed forces under conscription
# 6. List 5 duties of a citizen.
1. serving in jury duty
2.apply for selective service
3.obey the law
4.attend school
5.pay taxes
These duties are also called obligations.
# 7. What is the selective service system?
Service in the armed forces.

10. Naturalization DEFINItions
18: Someone who legally lives in the U.S, but is not a citizen.
19: Someone who lives in the U.S, but is not a citizen.

11. FORMS OF GOV’T (AUTOCRACY)
#7 An autocracy has one ruler.
Examples of autocracies include:
limited monarchy, absolute monarchy, theocracy, and dictatorship.

12. FORMS OF GOV’T (AUTOCRACY)
#10 Dictatorship – has one ruler with complete power over everything.
#12 Limited monarchy - the same thing as a constitutional monarchy. The constitution limits the power of the ruling family and what they can do.
#17 Absolute monarchy – has one ruler who inherited absolute power.

13. Oligarchy
Definition- The government is run by a few, and people don’t have a say Interesting fact- The term Oligarchy originated in Ancient Greece, Aristotle used the term to refer to the debased form of aristocracy.

14. Republic
Definition- A state in which the supreme power is held by people and elective representatives.
Interesting fact- Copies of the Constitution are preserved in helium filled cases in the National Archives.

15. Self government
Definition- A country by its own people especially after being a colony ; also a direct democracy
Interesting fact- People who were traveling on the Mayflower had a direct democracy.

17. Confederal system of government
Little power in the central government.

18. Federal system of government
Power is shared between central government and states.

19. Unitary/Parliamentary System
Almost all power is located with the central government.

21. Question 15
Where is power concentrated in a unitary system of government?
Central government

22. Question 16
What system of government was in place after the united states adopted the US Constitution ?
Federal Government

23. Question 17
What system of government should be listed at the top of this chart as its title? Explain why.
Parliamentary because the legislator elects the higher representatives in government

24. Question 18
“Power suddenly lands in the hands of a wealthy few, there corporations, and there political operatives.”
What form of government is described in this quote? Explain your answer.
Oligarchy because power is in the hands of few

27. Political Parties

30. Interest Groups & Lobbyists