Rights and Responsibilities (Citizenship) Vocabulary Quiz

This is a person who has all of the rights and responsibilities of belonging to a member of a town, city, state or country.

• Citizen

• Volunteer

• Jury

• Neighborhood

These are guaranteed by law just for being an American citizen. These can not be taken away from you.

Examples: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to vote, due process, etc.

• rights

• responsibilities

• laws

• jury duty

These are duties or obligations we have or things we should go as citizens for the common good.

• responsibilities

• taxes

• military draft

• rights

These are rules set by the government that citizens must obey. No society could survive without these.

• laws

• military draft

• Bill of Rights

• responsibilities

This is money citizens and businesses must pay to government. It is the number one way governments raise the money they need to pay for things like schools, libraries, highways and parks.

• volunteer

• military draft

• taxes

• laws

These are groups of private citizens who decide whether or not an accused person is innocent or guilty.

• volunteer

• juries

• citizen

• U.S. Constitution

This is an act of participating in a jury. It is one of our civic duties.

• jury duty

• military draft

• responsibility

• jury

This registration is required of all 18 year old males who are U.S. citizens. It provides the U.S. government with a list of men who can be called into the armed services if a national emergency occurs. This is also called the selected service.

• military draft

• volunteer program

• Bill of Rights

• responsibility program

This is a form of participation in the democratic system. It allows citizens to participate in choosing local, state and national leaders.

• voting

• rights

• first amendment

• jury duty

This is when citizens agree to accept certain duties without pay.

• volunteer

• citizen

• responsibility

• first amendment