| A | B |
| elected | chosen by getting the most votes |
| minority | smallest number of voters |
| majority | largest number of voters |
| democracy | government run by the people |
| representative | person elected to speak for a group |
| alien | person living in a country they are not a citizen of |
| territory | area owned by the US that is not a state |
| expatriation | choosing to give up citizenship |
| naturalization | choosing to become a citizen by going through the US process |
| desert | AWOL |