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| Is the study of the rights and duties of citizens. |
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| They are community members who owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it. |
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| The ruling authority for a community. Any organization that has the power to make and enforce laws and decisions for its members acts as a government. |
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| A course of government action to achieve community goals. |
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| A plan for collecting and spending money is the key to the success of the community. |
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| Is a government controlled by one person or a small group of people. |
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| Where all citizens share in governing and being governed. A government in which people rule. |
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| All the citizens meet to debate government matters and vote first hand. |
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| Citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf, but the people remain the source of the government's authority. |
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| Citizens agree that when difference of opinion arises, we will abide by what most people want. |
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| A legal process in which to become a U.S. citizen. |
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| People who moved permanantely to a new country. |
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| To send back illegal aliens to their own country. |
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| The use of violence by group against civilians to achieve a political goal. |
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| A love for one's country. |
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