Our Government 4th Grade
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- immigrant
- A person who comes to a new country to live.
- citizen
- A person who is born in a country or who has earned the right to become a member of that country by laws.
- ethnic group
- A group of people whose ancestors are from the same country or area.
- government
- The laws and people that run a country, state, county, city, or town.
- heritage
- The history and tradition that a group of people share.
- demorcratic republic
- A government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them.
- supreme court
- The highest court of the United States.
- tax
- Money people pay to the government so that it can perform public services.
- culture
- The way of life shared by a group of people,including language, beliefs, music, foods, and holidays.
- Washington D.C.
- Like state and local government, it has three branches that have different roles.
- custom
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The special way a group of people does something.
- congress
- The legislative branch of the United States Government, which makes national laws.
- ancestor
- A person in your family, starting with your parents, who was born long before you.
- President
- The person who is head of the executive branch of the United States Government.
- constitution
- The plan of government of the United States that explains the parts of the government and outlines the most important laws.