| A | B |
| A Government controlled by one person or a small group of people | Dictatorship |
| A system of law based on precedent and customs. | Common Law |
| To cancel a law. | Repeal |
| A limit on the amount of foreign goods imported into a country. | Quota |
| A population count taken by the Census Bureau. | Census |
| To send an alien or immigrant back to his or her own country. | Deport |
| The social separation of the races. | Segregation |
| A group of individuals or state governments | Confederation |
| A government in which citizens hold the power. | Democracy |
| A mass movement of people from one area to another. | Migration |
| The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys. | Mercantilism |
| A legal process to obtain citizenship. | Naturalization |
| A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case | Precedent |
| To change. | Amend |
| The arrival of new individuals into a population. | Immigration |
| A form of government in which political power is held by single, self appointed ruler. | Autocracy |