| A | B |
|---|
| 14th Amendment | Grants citizenship to all people born in the US or naturalized. |
| Citizenship | Member of nation or country, having full rights and responsibilities. |
| 3 ways to become citizen | Born in US, parents who are citizens, and naturalization. |
| Naturalization | o 18 years old, permanent resident for 5 years, good character, speak English, pass civics test and interview. Oath of Allegiance. |
| Amendments | Formal changes to the Constitution |
| Refugee | A person who leaves their home country due to fear of discrimination of their race, religion, political values, gender, etc. |
| Civics | The study of the Rights and Duties of Citizens |
| Law of Soil | Citizenship because you were born in the US |
| Law of Blood | Citizenship because your parents are citizens |
| Ethnic Group | A group of people who have similar origins or ancestry (family background) |
| Alien | A person from a foreign country who is not a citizen of the country where they reside |
| Immigrant | a person from a foreign country who may or may not be a citizen of the country in which they reside. |
| Rights | Things that you can do because of Nature or because of Laws |
| Responsibilities | Expectations that you will take care of certain things or preform certain duties |
| Duties | Responsibilities that you have to do by law |
| Purpose of Government | Govern, manage, and protect the interests of citizens. |
| Monarchy | Rule By one, Kings and Queens, passed down in families |
| Oligarchy | Rule by a few, absolute power |
| Anarchy | No government, temporary, chaos |
| Direct Democracy | Power to the majority of people, majority vote rules, mob rule, US has too many people for this to be effective (take too long to vote) |
| Republic (representative democracy) | USA, rule by law, people’s rights protected by law, people vote for representatives who create laws for them. |
| Communism | Government owns all property, wealth is divided up among all the people equally, classes society |
| Socialism | Mild form of communism, most of your paycheck goes to taxes, taxes pay for public services like doctors, dentists, public transportation, etc. |
| Constitutional Monarchy | Still has king and queen, but power is limited by laws |
| Herediatry | passed down in families |
| Popular Soverignty | political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people |
| Reside | where someone lives |
| Duty | a responsibility that you have to do by law |
| Common Good | something that is good for everyone is in the community |
