Unit 1 - Week 1

Civics

• The study of government

• The study of rights and duties of citizens

• The idea of ensuring freedom

• The process to become a citizen in a new country

What is a citizen

• The study of rights and duties of citizens

• Someone who is born in a country

• A person who travels to a new country

• A community member who is loyal to the government and entitled to its protections

How does the Fourteenth Amendment define citizenship?

• All persons born or naturalized in the U.S., are citizens of the U.S.

• All persons born in the U.S., are citizens of the U.S.

• All persons naturalized in the U.S., are citizens of the U.S.

• All persons who apply for citizenship, are citizens of the U.S.

Who is considered a natural-born U.S. citizen?

• Naturalized

• Law of Blood

• Permanent resident alien

• Law of Soil

Maria was born in Italy to an American father and an Italian mother – is she a U.S. citizen? Why?

• Yes, Law of Soil

• No, she would need to be naturalized

• Yes, Law of Blood

• No, Maria is an Italian citizen

Which is a requirement for a person to become a naturalized U.S. citizen?

• Marrying a U.S. citizen and having a child with that person

• Being a legal resident of the U.S. for at least five years

• Gaining employment in the U.S. for at least two years

• Reaching age eighteen while living in the U.S. capital

A naturalized citizen...

• is not able to vote in presidential elections.

• does not have to know English.

• is not required to take an oath of allegiance to the United States.

• is not eligible to become president or vice president of the United States.

What is the term for the process by which legal resident aliens can become citizens?

• Immigration

• Dual Citizenship

• Naturalization

• Visa Application

An __________________ is a person who comes to a country to live permanently.

• Emigrant

• Resident Alien

• Alien

• Immigrant

Any person not a citizen or national of a country is known as an _____________.

• Immigrant

• Alien

• Emigrant

• Resident Alien