| A | B |
| Duties | the things we are required to do |
| citizen | a member of a community with a government and laws |
| naturalization | the process by which resident aliens become citizens |
| discrimination | unfair and less equal treatment of a particular group |
| immigrant | a person who comes to a country with the intentionof livign there permanently |
| responsibilities | obligations that people fulfill voluntarily |
| deport | to expel from the country |
| democracy | a government in which the citizens hold the power to rule and to make laws |
| alien | a person who lives in a country but is not a citizen of that country |
| dictatorship | a government conrolled by one person or a small group of people |
| civics | the study of citizenship and government |
| government | the power or authority that rules a country |
| refuge | a person who flees his or her homeland because of war, famine, or political oppression |
| affirmative action | programs to help minority groups and women gain access to jobs and opportunities |
| segregation | seperation of people because of race |