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Civics Vocabulary Unit I

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civicsthe study of citizenship and government
citizenshipbecoming a citzen, sharing a history and set of beliefs with the rest of the county’s citizens
citizena member of a communtity with a government and laws
governmentthe power or authority that rules a country
rule of lawthe government and those who govern are bound and subject to the law (no one is above the law)
consent of the governedpeople are the source of any and all govermental power
representative governmentin 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
democracya system of government in which the people rule
immigranta person who comes to a country with the intention of living there permanently
immigrationthe act or process of coming into a country to live
aliennoncitizens, not citizens of the U.S.
naturalizationthe process by which aliens become citizens
immigratecoming into a county to live
censusthe process for counting the population in the U.S.


Culpeper Technical Education Center
Culpeper, VA

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