Civics EOC Vocabulary 1

draft

• an action that we are required to perform
• a call for military service
• to record or enroll formally
• an obligation that we meet of our own free will

duty

• a call for military service
• to record or enroll formally
• respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or differences
• an action that we are required to perform

register

• an action that we are required to perform
• to record or enroll formally
• an obligation that we meet of our own will
• an action that we are required to perform

responsibility

• an obligation that we meet of our own free will
• a foreign-born resident of the United States who has not been naturalized
• the ruling authority for a community
• legal process to obtain citizenship

tolerance

• a foreign-born resident of the United States who has not been naturalized
• the ruling authority for a community
• respecting and accepting others, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or differences
• legal process to obtain citizenship

alien

• to record or enroll formally
• an obligation that we meet of our own free will
• a foreign-born resident of the United States who has not been naturalized
• the ruling authority for a community

citizen

• a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and, in turn, are entitled to its protection
• the ruling authority for a community
• legal process to obtain citizenship
• to record or enroll formally

government

• a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power
• the ruling authority for a community
• the study of the rights and duties of citizens
• the ruling authority for a community

naturalization

• a member of a community of people who owe loyalty to a government and, in turn, are entitled to its protection
• legal process to obtain citizenship
• legal process to obtain citizenship
• the study of the rights and duties of citizens

refugee

• legal process to obtain citizenship
• a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power
• a person who has left his or her home to escape danger such as war, persecution by the government, or natural disaster
• the study of the rights and duties of citizens