Whay were the meetings of the continental congress held in secret?
What is they wanted to discuss the government openly and avoid the input from outsiders?
Official periodic counting of a population is called?
What is a census?
A legally recognized member of a country is called a?
What is a citizen?
A government that has a specific restrictions on its power is called?
What is limited Governemnt?
A person who rules with complete and absolute power is called a?
What is a Dictator?
Is Government with the consent of the governed.
what is Popular Sovereignty?
The study of the characteristics or traits of human populations called?
What are Demographics?
The organizations, institutions, and individuals who exercise political authority over a group of people are called?
What is a Government?
A system that allows into the United States each year just a specific number of immigrants is called?
What is a quota?
Absolute power of a state is called?
What is Sovereignty?
The introduction to the constitution is called the?
What is Preamble?
The annual number of births every year is called the?
What is the Birthrate?
These are the ideas that people hold dear and try to live by.
What are values?
The legal process by which an alien may become a U.S. citizen is called?
What is naturalization?
Is a loose association, rather than a firm union of states is called?
What is a confederation?
The powers that the Constitution specifically gives to the federal government is called?
What are Delegated Powers?
The movement of large numbers of people from region to region is called?
What is Migration?
People who came from other countries are called?
Who are immigrants?
People who are trying to escape dangers in their home countries are called?
Who are refugees?
A Federal system of Government where the National government shares power with the State government.
What is Federalism?
What are the powers shared by both the federal government and state governments called?
What are Concurrent Powers?
The study of what it means to be a citizen is called?
What is Civics?
People born in the United States are referred to as what?
What is Native-Born?
The annual number of deaths each year in a country is called?
What is a death-rate?
An agreement in which each side gives up something in order to reach a solution.
What is a compromise?