Vocabulary

1. the general principles of beliefs people use to make judgements and decisions
2. the ruling authority for a community
4. an action we are required to perform
5. goverment recieves its power from the people
8. an individual who moves permanently to a new country
10. rights and duties of citizens
13. a key practice, relationship, or orginization in a society
14. the health, prosperity, and happiness of the members of a community
15. the study of the rights and duties of citizens

1. the practice of offering your time and services to others without recieving payment
3. an obligation that we meet of our own free will
6. a group of people who share a common national, cultural, or rational background
7. a person who has unwillingly left his or her home to escape war, famine, or natraul disaster
9. a forien born resident of the US who has not been naturalized
11. a legal process to obtain citizenship
12. community member who owes loyalty to the governmant and its entitled to its protection