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Set: Civics, Chapter 1

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	Term	Definition
	migration	a mass movement of people from one region to another
	patriotism	a love for one's country
	terrorism	the use of violince by groups against civilians to achieve a politcal goal
	naturalization	a legal process in which foreigners become citizens
	alien	a noncitizen
	immigrant	a person who moves permanently to a new country
	deport	to expel from the country
	civics	the study of the rights and duties of citizens
	citizen	a member of a community with loyalty to and protection from the government
	government	the ruling authority for a community
	public policy	a course of government action to achieve community goals
	budget	a plan for collecting and spending money
	dictatorship	a government controlled by one person or a small group of people
	democracy	a government in which the people rule
	direct democracy	a government in which all the citizens met to debate government matters and vote firsthand
	representative democracy	a government in which the citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf
	majority rule	a principle of democracy in which defferences of opinion are settled by what most people want