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civics
Question | Answer |
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a person who moves permanently to a new country | immigrant |
a plan for making and spending money | budget |
a noncitizen | alien |
a representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmaker | republic |
a form of democracy in which the people vote first hand | direct democracy |
king or queen | monarch |
a system of law based on precedent and customs | common law |
investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit | joint-stock company |
a representative to a meeting | delegate |
area with owner controlled land and government | proprietary colony |
a colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch | royal colony |
a large estate | plantation |
areas of low flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and north Carolina | tide water |