Vocabulary Terms
A legal member of a self-governing community.
Citizen
Can name ambassadors
President
True or False: Every person born in the United States is a citizen of this country.
True
To have an effect on or to cause changes in something.
Influence
Citizens must _______ the government to make sure they're doing their job.
Moniter
Nation-State
Hear all cases affecting ambassadors
U.S. Supreme Court
True or false: All citizens posses equal rights.
True
An essential idea that we as a nation believe to be good about government.
Constitutional Priniciple
The public life of citizens.
Civic Life
The practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of other countries.
Diplomacy
Can raise and support armies.
Congress
Personal or Political: Freedom to travel.
Personal
A person who is not a citizen but is legally permitted to live here.
Legal Permanent Resident
Politcal or Social: voting.
Politcal
The rules that regulate how countries behave toward one another.
International Law
Commander and chief of military forces.
President
Personal or Political: Due process
Political
The rights needed to earn a living and to acquire and transfer property or to produce goods and services.
Economic Rights
Politcal or Social: Conducting email or telephone campaigns
Politcal
To show concern for the pain and suffering of others.
Humanitarian Aid
Can declare war.
Congress
Must you obey a law you think is unjust? Why or why not?
No, but you must be ready to face the consequences
Individuals and groups solve community problems without relying on the government to do it for them.
Social Action
Politcal or Social: forming a neighborhood watch program.
Social