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| civics | the study of citizenship and government |
| citizenship | becoming a citzen, sharing a history and set of beliefs with the rest of the county’s citizens |
| citizen | a member of a communtity with a government and laws |
| government | the power or authority that rules a country |
| rule of law | the government and those who govern are bound and subject to the law (no one is above the law) |
| consent of the governed | people are the source of any and all govermental power |
| representative government | in a representative system of government, people elect public officials to make laws and conduct government |
| limited government( | gov’t is not all powerful and my do only those things people have given it the power to do |
| democracy | a system of government in which the people rule |
| immigrant | a person who comes to a country with the intention of living there permanently |
| immigration | the act or process of coming into a country to live |
| alien | noncitizens, not citizens of the U.S. |
| naturalization | the process by which aliens become citizens |
| immigrate | coming into a county to live |
| census | the process for counting the population in the U.S. |
| Totalitarian Government | A Government that holds total control over every part of a persons life |
| Majority Vote | At least more than half. |
| Constitution | Basic law of the land |
| nullify | cancel |
| dispute | Argument or quarrel |
| service | it is work performed for other people (Example- Firefighters) |
| Tax | A sum of money that a person is required to pay the government. |
| Fee | Payment made by an individual to obtain a permit or service that the government provides. |
| Mr. Thelin | Civics Teacher |
