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| Someone who permanently moves to a new country. |
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| People who share a common national, cultural, or racial background. |
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| The General principles or beliefs used to make judgments. |
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| Key practices, relationships, and organizations in a society. |
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| The idea that the government receives it's power from the people. |
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| Members if a community who owe loyalty to a government and in return receive protection. |
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| The study of the duties and rights of citizens. |
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| Rights and duties of citizens. |
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| Ruling authority to a community. |
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| Legal process to obtain citizenship. |
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| Foreign born resident of the U.S. who hasn't been naturalized. |
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| Person who has left his/her country to escape government persecution, war, or natural disasters. |
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| An obligation that we meet of our own free will. |
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| Giving time to work in the community. |
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| Health, prosperity, and happiness of all members in a community. |
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| An action we are required to perform. |
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| Respecting and accepting others regardless of differences. |
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| To record or enroll formally. |
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| The decisions and actions a government takes to solve problems in the community. |
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| Citizens choose a group of people to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf. |
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| Monarchy in which the hereditary ruler's power is limited by the constitution and laws. |
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| Political principle in which the majority of people have the power to make laws binding to all people. |
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| A government in which a group of people has absolute power. |
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| Government control extends to almost all aspects of people's lives. |
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| A body of ideas about life and society. |
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| System in which society, either directly or indirectly through the government, controls all aspects of the economy. |
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