| Term | Definition |
|---|
| citizen | by birth or by choice, a member of a community with a government and laws |
| citizenship | membership in a state or union, with all the duties, rights, privileges, and responsibilities that go with being a member |
| due process | a process or procedure by which the government must treat people fairly according to rules established by law before life or liberty are taken away. Laws must be fair, procedures for carring out laws must also be fair |
| duties | things we are requited to do by law or there are legal consequences |
| illegal alian | a person who has not been given permission to live in a country but does so anyway |
| immigrant | person who comes to a country with the intention of living there permantly |
| legal alian | a person who has been given permission to live in a country but is not a citizen of that country |
| naturalization | process by which an alien becomes a citizen |
| responsibilities | things we should do |
| democracy | a government in which citizens hold the power to run Government by using the Political Process- specifically voting and joining political parties |
| public service organizations | organizations that provide assistance to the community, usually people who are most in need |
| diversity | a variety |
| common good | the well being of the community |
| legislative branch | the elected lawmakers at the national, state, and local levels of Government, I.E. COngress, Virginia General Assembly, Fairfax board of Supervisors |
| executive brance | the branch of Government that carries out laws at the national, state, and local levels of government ie President |
| judicial branch | the branch of Government that interprets the law, ie Federal courts |
| U.S. Constitution | the detailed written plan for the Nation's Government |
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