Citizenship and Community Vocab

an organized group of people joined together for a common purpose.

• Association

• Common Good

• Social Action

• Influence

a person who is a legal member of a self- governing community

• Citizen

• Personal Rights

• Association

• Social Action

related to citizens and citizenship/ related to the public affairs of a city or country

• Civic

• Influence

• Social Action

• Political Rights

taking part in formal political processes and community activities outside the government.

• Civic Participation

• Social Action

• Political Action

• Influence

the dedication of citizens to the common welfare of their community, even at the cost of their individual interests.

• Civic Virtue

• Civil Disobedience

• Citizen

• Political Rights

the refusal to obey laws one regards as unjust

• Civil Disobedience

• Common Good

• Politcal Action

• Social Action

the good of the community as a whole

• Common Good

• Civic Disobedience

• Personal Rights

• Association

to have an effect on or to cause changes in something

• Influence

• Common Good

• Civic

• Association

people who were born elsewhere but pass a test on the Constitution and history of the U.S. and swear loyalty to their new country

• Naturalized Citizen

• Social Action

• Personal Rights

• Political Rights

rights that allow a person to do as he or she wishes as long as those actions do not interfere with the rights of others.

• Personal Rights

• Social Action

• Political Rights

• Civic