UNIT 1 VOCABULARY WHAT IS CIVICS? Mr. Gary 7B Civics

ALL UNIT 1 TERMS – WHAT IS CIVICS?  14th Amendment  citizen  citizenship  legal  immigrant  refugee  naturalization  naturalized citizen  civics  obligation  duty  jury  responsibility  resident  Law of Blood  Law of Soil  alien  duty  responsibility  selective service  tolerance

14 TH AMENDMENT  A protection under the US Constitution.  It gives all US citizens the right to have the same protections through the law.  14 th Amendment= Equal Protection under law

CITIZEN  a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who is loyal to a government and is entitled to its protection

CITIZENSHIP  the character of an individual viewed as a memberof society; behavior in te rms of the duties,obligations, and fun ctions of a citizen

LEGAL  permitted by law; lawful :

IMMIGRANT  a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.

REFUGEE  a person who flees for refuge or  safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of p olitical problems, war, etc.

NATURALIZATION  is the process by which U.S.citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress

NATURALIZED CITIZEN  is the process by which U.S.citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress

CIVICS  the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.

OBLIGATION  Something that you MUST DO! This term is another word for DUTY.

DUTY  something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.

JURY  a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.

RESPONSIBILITY  Something we really should do, but there aren’t legal consequences for not doing them

RESIDENT  a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis.

LAW OF BLOOD  a principle of nationality law by which citizenship is not determined by place of birth but by having one or both parents who are citizens of the state.

LAW OF SOIL  1. (Law) law the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the territory within which he was born. Compare jus sanguinis  [from Latin, literally: law of soil]

ALIEN  A non-citizen living in a country

SELECTIVE SERVICE  Men between the Ages of register for a military data base. That in the case of a military draft they may be selected.

TOLERANCE  Appreciating and respecting the differences in people.