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| government | Authority that acts on behalf of a group of people |
| naturalization | Process by which an alien becomes a citizen |
| birthrate | The annual number of live births per 1,000 members of a population |
| census | Official count of the number of people living in the United States that is taken every 10 years |
| alien | Citizen of another country who lives in the United States |
| civics | Study of what it means to be an American citizen |
| native-born | Born in the United States |
| migration | Movement of large numbers of people from region to region |
| demographics | The study of characteristics of human populations |
| death rate | The annual number of deaths per 1,000 members of a population |
| refugee | A person who flees persecution in his or her homeland to seek safety in other nations |
| citizen | Member of a nation |
| immigrant | A person who comes to the United States from another country to settle as a permanent resident |
| quota | Limit placed on the number of immigrants that may enter the United States each year |
| values | Ideas that people hold dear and try to live by |
