CITIZENSHIP
This is a legally recognized member of a country.
What is a citizen?
The study of citizenship and government and what it means to be a citizen.
What is civics?
These are fundamental principles and core beliefs that help people decide what is right, wrong, important, or desirable.
What are values?
This is the official counting of the population of the United States, conducted every 10 years.
What is the census?
These are people who came to the United States from another country.
What are immigrants?
A person born in the United States, or someone born abroad with at least one U.S. citizen parent, may have this type of citizenship.
What is native-born citizenship?
Organizations, institutions, and individuals who exercise political authority over a group of people.
What is government?
These are personal beliefs and social rules about right and wrong behavior.
What are morals?
This is the study of the characteristics of human populations.
What are demographics?
A specific number of immigrants from certain countries who are allowed to enter a country each year is called this.
What is a quota?
This is the legal process by which an alien may become a U.S. citizen.
What is naturalization?
Clue: Paying taxes, serving on a jury, and obeying laws are examples of actions citizens are required by law to perform.
What are civic duties?
This means the state or quality of being equal, including receiving the same treatment, rights, and opportunities.
What is equality?
The census provides information that can help determine how many representatives each state has in this part of the federal government.
What is the House of Representatives?
A person who is born in the United States is described by this term.
What is native-born?
Someone has lived permanently in the United States but remains a citizen of another country. The person is legally classified as an ______.
What is an alien?
The rights and responsibilities that come with being a member of a country are part of this.
What is citizenship?
This means freedom—the power to act, speak, and think as one pleases.
What is liberty?
This is the term for the movement of people from one place to another, one of the population characteristics studied by demographers.
What is migration?
This is the legal process by which an alien may become a U.S. citizen.
What is naturalization?
A citizen researches candidates before voting and then votes in an election. This is an example of being what kind of citizen?
What is good citizen or an effective citizen?
Voting, volunteering, staying informed about government issues, and respecting others are examples of actions citizens can choose to take to contribute to their community.
What are civic responsibilities?
A government treats people fairly and applies the law fairly to everyone. This idea is known as ______.
What is justice?
What are two examples of population rates
What are Birthrate and death rate?
A person is a permanent resident of the United States but remains a citizen of another country. According to your vocabulary, what is this person called?
What is an alien?