SS.7.CG.2.1 Vocabulary

an obligation or duty of American citizens to serve as members of a jury if they are called to do so

• alien

• selective service
• jury duty

• obligation

an official count of the number of people in a country

• census
• selective service
• responsibility
• obiligation

a person who has citizenship based on birth in the United States or its territories

• immigrant

• alien
• jury duty
• native-born citizen

a system by which men ages 18 through 25 register with the U.S. government for military service (also known as the draft)

• selective service
• responsibility
• obligation
• census

something that a person should do

• responsibility
• obligation
• common good
• census

(duty) something that a person is required to do

• common good

• obligation

• responsibility
• census

beliefs or actions that are seen as a benefit to the larger community rather than individual interests, also known as the public good

• common good
• obligation
• responsibility
• selective service

someone who is legally and permanently living in the U.S., but not a citizen

• citizen

• residency
• legal permanent resident

• naturalization

the process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen

• immigrant

• residency
• legal permanent resident
• naturalization

someone who lives in a place for a minimum period of time

• resident
• 14th (Fourteenth) Amendment
• alien
• law of soil