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civics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |