| A | B |
|---|
| per capita income | average annual income per person |
| infrastructure | buildings and other construction of state and local governments |
| divine right | receive authority from God |
| popular sovereignty | government is the people themselves |
| social institution | a group of people organized to manage conflict and establish common behaviors |
| informal rules | self-enforced or enforced by social pressure from others |
| formal rules | rules enforced by governments (laws) |
| laws | formal rules enforced by government |
| government | social institution responsible for formal controls |
| jurisdiction | area of legal control or authority |
| citizen | any member of a political system |
| naturalization | legal process by which persons may become US citizens |
| democracy | government of, by and for the people |
| simple majority | 50 percent plus one of the total persons participating in the vote |
| plurality | when there are more than two candidates, the one who gets the most votes wins (not allowed in all states, but is used in GA) |
