| A | B |
| citizenship | the set of privileges and freedoms, duties and responsibilites of people living in a governed community |
| citizenship by blood | being a citizen in a certain country because your parents were citizens |
| citizenship by soil | being a citizen because you were born in a certain area |
| subjectship | a kind of citizenship in which you owe allegiance to both a king or other ruler and a nation |
| inviolability | security from harm |
| human rights | certain rights everyone should be allowed, for example, liberty, justice |
| emigrating | leaving your place of residence or country to live elsewhere |
| naturalization | the legal process by which an alien becomes a citizen |
| international security | the safety, or freedom, from attack or deprivation by other nations |
| due process | the standard steps the law provides for a judicial proceeding |
| ethical | means to do with a set of moral values or principles |
| country | a nation or territory |
| state | an organized body of people occupying a distinct sovereign territory |
| nation-state | a form of international political organization inhabited by a group of people who have a feeling of common nationality and live within the boundaries of an independent state |
| infringement | violation or trespass of a right or privilege |
| neutral | nations who take no side in international issues or disputes |
| civil defense force | group of citizens trained and ready to protect and provide emergency relief in case of attack or natural disaster |
| domestic | within one's own country |
| social order | the way society is grouped and conducts itself |
| terrorism | using violence or threats to force a government to agree to demands |
| resource | what people need and their means of getting it |
| developing nation | nations in which large parts of the economy are underdeveloped and most people are poor |
| developed nation | industrialized nations where a majority of citizens have a high standard of living |
| Cold War | a name for the hostile and suspicious relations between the Soviet Union and the U.S. that began after World War II, but never resulted in warfare |
| foreign aid | the transfer of money, goods, or services from one nation to another for the benefit of both nations |
| humanitarian aid | help such as temporary shelter, food and medical supplies, provided by a government out of the desire to help humanity |
| free market economy | an economy in which the decisions about what to produce are based on what people will buy |