Unit 1 Terms

to send an alien or immigrant back to his or her country

• naturalization

• migration

• deport

• immigration

a noncitizen

• alien

• citizen

• immigrant

• representative

the ruling authority for a community

• citizens

• government

• migration

• immigrant

American citizens are the source of all governmental power

• rule of law

• individual rights

• consent of the governed

• democracy

people elect government leaders to make laws and govern o their behalf

• rule of law

• limited government

• democracy

• representative government

all people, including those who govern, are bound by the law

• rule of law

• consent of the governed

• limited government

• representative government

community members who owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it

• naturalization

• immigrant

• government

• citizens

the love for one's country

• democracy

• government

• immigration

• patriotism

the study of the rights and duties of citizens

• patriotism

• civics

• economics

• government

government is not all powerful; it may do only those things that people have given it the power to do

• rule of law

• limited government

• consent of the governed

• civics