| A | B |
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| government | Authority that acts on behalf of a group of people. |
| alien | Citizen of another country who lives in the United States. |
| ideal | Belief or standard of conduct that people try to live up to. |
| immigrant | A person who comes to the United States from another country to settle as a permanent resident. |
| naturalization | Process by which an alien becomes a citizen. |
| civics | Study of what it means to be an American citizen. |
| metropolitan area | Term for an area made up of large cities and their suburbs. |
| refugee | A person who flees persecution in his or her homeland and to seek safety in other nations. |
| urban area | Another term for a city. |
| citizen | Member of a nation. |
| rural area | Region of farms and small towns. |
| Sunbelt | U.S. region made up of states in the South and West. |
| census | Official count of the number of people living in the United States that is taken every ten years. |
| migration | Movement of large numbers of people from region to region. |
| quota | Limit placed on the number of immigrants that may enter the United States each year. |
| native-born citizen | A person born in any of the 50 states or in any U.S. territory. |
| suburbs | Areas surrounding large cities. |
