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Civics Ch. 1
7th grade Civics Ch. 1
Question | Answer |
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the study of citizenship and government; the study of what it means to be a citizen | civics |
a legally recognized member of a country | citizen |
the organizations, individuals, and institutions who exercise political authority over a group of people | government |
people who came here from other coumtries and adopted American customs and blended into American society | immigrants |
the specific number of immigrants from certain countries or regions who were allowed to enter the country each year | quota |
permanent residents of the United States who are still citizens of another country | aliens |
when you are born in the United States | native-born |
the legal process by which an alien may become a citizen | naturalization |
people fleeing danger in their own country | refugees |
an official, periodic counting of a population | census |
the study of the characteristics ofhuman populations | demographics |
refers to the annual number of live births per 1,000 member of a population | birthrate |
refers to the annual number of deaths per 1,000 members of a country's population | death rate |
a movement of large numbers of people from region to region | migration |