| A | B |
| Civics | Study of rights and duties of citizens. |
| Citizen | Community who swear loyalty to gov. and are entitled to protection from it. |
| Government | Ruling authority fro a community. |
| Public Policy | Course of action the gov. takes in response to an issue or problem. |
| Budget | Plan for making and spending money. |
| Dictatorship | Gov. controlled by one person or a small group of people/ |
| Democracy | Gov. in which citizens hold power to rule. |
| Direct Democracy | Democracy in which people vote first hand. |
| Representative Democracy | Gov. in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf. |
| Majority Rule | larger group holds the power;but rspects the minority as well. |
| Naturalization | legal process to obtain citizneship. |
| Alien | non citizen |
| Immigrant | person who moves permenantly to a new country. |
| Deport | To sned an alien back to their home country. |
| Migration | Mass movement of a group of people for one are to another. |
| Patriotism | Love for your country. |
| Terrorism | use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a polticla goal. |