Civics EOC Vocabulary

A legal member of a state and/or country

• Citizen

• Alien

• Immigrant

• Resident

The process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen

• Proposal

• Naturalization

• Civilization

• Ratification

A formal written request addressed to a person or group of people in authority or power which is signed by a number of people demonstrating their support for the request

• Common good

• Petition

• Waiver

• Selective Service

A group of people sworn to give a verdict (decision) in a legal case based on the evidence presented to them in court

• Defendant

• Lawyer

• Attorney

• Jury

Fair legal process (right to know what you are being arrested for, right to a lawyer, right to a “trial by jury,” etc.)

• Double Jeopardy

• Rule of Law

• Due Process

• Naturalization

A person cannot be tried twice for the same crime

• Double Jeopardy

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

• Trial by Jury

The idea that those who govern must follow the laws; no one is above the law

• Trial by Jury

• Rule of Law

• Eminent Domain

• Due Process

An implied agreement among the people of an organized society that defines the rights, duties, and limitations of the governed and the government

• Tyranny

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

• Petition

An agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws

• Consent of the Governed

• Public Policy

• Tyranny

• Enlightenment

Popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government

• Trial by Jury

• Due Process

• Self-Government

• Limited Monarchy