Civics Ch.1 Vocabulary

The ruling authority for a community

• The mayor
• The Government

• The king
• The prime minister

community member who owes loyalty to the government and is
entitled to its protection

• Citizen
• Tourist
• Foreign Diplomat
• Refugee

a legal process to obtain citizenship

• Naturalization
• Immigration
• Emigration
• Tourism

a person who has left his or her home to escape war, persecution
by the government, famine, or natural disaster

• Refugee
• Tourist
• Migrant
• Citizen

A foreign-born resident of the USA who has not been naturalized

• Is a citizen
• Is a naturalized citizen
• Is an alien
• Is a native

Something a citizen should do

• responsibility

• Drive without a license
• Litter in public places
• Ignore voting

Something a citizen must do

• Obligation/Duty

• Own a pet
• Have a job
• Travel abroad

a system under which men are called up for military
service: draft

• Recruitment
• Selective Service

• Enlistment
• Conscription

Born to citizen parents

• In a hospital
• In a country
• In a city
• Law of blood

Born the United States or its territories (includes foreign US
military bases)

• Yes, in the United States
• No, in a foreign US military base
• Law of soil

• No, outside the United States