| A | B |
| rules | what people should and should not do |
| laws | rules people live by |
| government | makes laws, carries them out,, and decides if laws are broken |
| citizen | a member of a nation or community |
| community | a place where people live, work, and play together |
| rights | freedom protected by the governmment |
| freedom | not being undder someone's rule, liberty |
| responsibilities | duties to take care of self, respect rights of other people, and obey rules and laws |
| basic principles | individual rights, inalienable rights |
| inalienable rights | rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness (born with them and cannot be take away) |
| equality under the law | all people are treated fairly, same |
| democracy | government run by people (citizen choose their representatives) |