Citizenship
Docs
Dudes
Vocab
Classical Gov. Influences
100

Someone who has the legal status and rights connected with being a full member of a nation.

Citizen

100

This doc was the first example of self government.

Mayflower Compact

100

Who came up with the idea of Natural Rights?

John Locke

100

Something a person is required to do

Obligation/Duty

100

The idea that people agree to laws in exchange for protection of the government.

Social Contract

200

The rule that a person's citizenship is determined by their place of birth.

Law of Soil

200

This doc took some power from the king and gave it to elected people.

English Bill of Rights

200

Who proposed the idea of separation of powers?

Montesquieu

200

The idea that government powers should be split between two or more independent branches to prevent one from having all the power.

Separation of Powers

200

This civilization came up with democracy.

Greeks/Athenians

300

What is the next step in the naturalization process?

Get green card, application, _________, test, oath

Interview

300

What doc gave people the right to jury trials?

Magna Carta

300
What is the idea that different parts of government can limit each other? 

Checks and balances

300

The principal that no person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without fair legal procedures and safeguards.

Due process

300

These people believed that their rulers were not gods and were subject to the law.

Hebrews/Jews

400

A noncitizen resident.

Alien

400

Who wrote Common Sense?

Thomas Paine

400

The period in the late 1700's and early 1800's that was a time of progress for science and political theory.

The Enlightenment

400

The US government agency that maintains information about those eligible to serve in the armed forces.

Selective Service

400

True or False: The Romans did not have a written constitution.

True

500

What does USCIS stand for?

United States Citizenship and Immigration Service

500

When was the first written example of limited government created?

1215

500

What are John Locke's Natural Rights?

Life, Liberty, and Property

500

An ancient Greek city-state that usually included a city and surrounding areas.

Polis

500

What type of government did the founding fathers get from ancient Rome?

Republic