Vocabulary
A legal member of the United States
What is a citizen?
The process of becoming a U.S. citizen if you're not a natural born citizen
What is naturalization?
What is the term of the things that citizens should do to make our community better?
What are responsibilities?
Judicial, Executive, and Legislative
What are the 3 branches of government?
Someone who is a U.S. citizen at birth
Who is a natural born citizen?
Someone who does not have citizenship but lives and works in the U.S. permanently
What is a permanent resident?
This is the last step of the naturalization process
What is the Oath of Allegiance
What is the term for the things citizens must do because it's required by law
What are obligations?
Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and to petition the government
What is the first amendment?
You are a citizen because you were born on U.S. soil
What is law of soil?
A form of identification that proves that you can live in the United States without citizenship status and can last for 10 years
What is a Permanent Resident Card/Green Card?
This requirement to apply for naturalization says that you must live here permanently for a certain amount of years
What is Being a Legal Resident for 5 years
This responsibility allow citizens to formally request the government to take specific actions
What is petitioning the government?
Each state elects 2 of these to represent them
What are senators?
You are a citizen because one or both parents are a citizen
What is law of blood?
A person who moves permanently to a new country
What is an immigrant?
The step in the naturalization process that makes you prove your understanding of U.S. civics
What is Take the Civics Test?
This obligation provides the government with money to fund programs
What is paying taxes?
There are 27 of these in the U.S. Constitution
What are amendments?
Noah has been living in London, England for 10 years. Both of his parents were U.S. citizens when he was born. This is an example of _________?
What is law of blood?
The 14th amendment defines the two ways one can be a U.S. Citizen
What is the born or naturalized?
This naturalization requirement states that you need to be able to do these skills?
What is read, write, and speak English
This obligation requires males to sign up when they turn 18 in the event of a war
What is signing up for selective service?
The commander of the army during the American Revolution and he presided over the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington?
Jordan was born in Germany on a U.S. Air Force base to her parents who served in the U.S. Military. Jordan is 17 years old and now lives in Egypt. This is an example of ______? (Two Answers)
What is law of soil and law of blood?