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18 Cards in this Set
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Civics |
The study of citizenship and government |
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Government |
The power or authority that rules a country |
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Dictatorship |
A government controlled by one person or small group of people |
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Immigrant |
A person who comes to a country with the intention of living there permanently |
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Deport |
To expel from a country |
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Naturalization |
The process by which resident aliens become citizens |
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Census |
Process for counting a nation's population |
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Refugee |
A person who flees his or her homeland because of war, famine or political oppression |
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Migration |
A mass movement of people form one area to another |
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Alien
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A person who lives in a country but is not a citizen of that country |
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Census Bureau |
The government agency that counts the United States population |
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National Government |
highest authority over its citizens |
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Direct Democracy |
a democracy where citizens vote directly |
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Representative Democracy |
the citizens representatives carry on the work of the government |
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Census Bureau |
government agency that counts the US population |
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Spain |
first Europeans to settle in North America |
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Melting Pot |
Nickname for the US because of the blending of cultures |
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Sunbelt |
region in the Southwest US that is warm |
