Key Terms for Citizenship

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Define British Values
The values associated with living in modern Britain
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Define Citizenship
A legal status conferred by the state on individuals, indicating that persons membership of the state
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Define Democracy
A political system that uses the fundamental belief that the people and the people alone have the right to choose
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What is the Equality act of 2010
It brought together 116 pieces of legislation to provide Britain with a new discrimination law to protect individuals from unfair treatment and promotes a more equal society
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Define Individual Liberty
The concept that in a modern democracy, people have the right to make their own decisions and choices
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Define Multicultural Society
A society that comprises people from a range of cultural and religious backgrounds
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Define Principles
A basic truth or idea that underpins a system of beliefs associated with a given society
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Define the rule of law
A basic principle that in a democratic society the laws apply to all and no one is above them
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Define Tolerance
The understanding of people who may be different
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Define Values
Standards of acceptable behaviour in society
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Define Citizenship

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A legal status conferred by the state on individuals, indicating that persons membership of the state

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Define Democracy

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What is the Equality act of 2010

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Define Individual Liberty

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