| Term | Definition |
|---|
| STATE | A body of people living in a defined territory who hae a government with the power to make and enforce laws. |
| FEDERALISM | The division of power between the states and the federal government. |
| CITIZEN | A member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to its full civil rights. |
| SEPERATION OF POWERS | The division of power among the executive, legislative, and judcial branches of the federal government. |
| PROPAGANDA | A technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors to create a certain belief, regardless of its validity. |
| CIVIL RIGHTS | A term used for those positive acts of the government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people. |
| RULE OF LAW | Concept that holds government and its officers are always subject to the law. |
| IMMIGRANT | Those people legally admitted as permanent residents of a country. |
| JUS SOLIS | The law of the soil which determines citizenship based on where a person is born. |
| JUS SANGUINIS | The law of blood, the rule which determines citizenship based on one's parents' citizenship. |
| NATURALIZATION | The legal process by which members of one country become members of another. |
| EXPATRIATION | The legal process by which a loss of citizenship may occur. |
| ALIEN | Foreign-born resident or non-citizen. |
| DEPORTATION | A legal process by which aliens are legally required to leave the United States. |
| DENATURALIZATION | Process by which a naturalized citizen may involuntarily lose their citizenship. |
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