TCi Civics: Lesson 1, Unit 1 Vocab- Citizenship

A person with the legal status and rights connected with being a full member of a nation

• Resident

• Lawful Permanent Resident

• Citizen

• Alien

Anyone who lives anywhere

• resident

• alien

• citizen

• immigrant

a person who moves to a country to live there permanently

• alien

• immigrant

• citizen

• migrant

legal membership to a state or country; gives members, known as citizens, certain rights and duties.

• citizenship

• rule of law

• due process

• selective service system

a legal process that through which a person can become a citizen of a country

• naturalization

• citizenship

• immigration

• due process

the principle that those who govern are bound by the laws, meaning that no one is above the law

• Due Process

• selective service system

• citizenship

• rule of law

an immigrant who is legally authorized to live and work in the U.S. permanently, but who is not a U.S. citizen. (green card)

• lawful permanent resident

• naturalized citizen

• undocumented alien

• undocumented resident

a noncitizen resident who is a member of another nation

• citizen

• resident

• alien

• undocumented

the principle that no person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without fair legal procedures and safeguards

• naturalization

• due process

• selective service

• rule of law

a person who has satisfied the legal requirements of becoming a citizen of a country

• immigrant

• naturalized citizen

• lawful permanent resident

• alien