Vocabulary 5.2

“United States Citizenship”

1.      citizenship – a person who is a member of a country and
        who has the rights and privileges recognized by its  
        governments.

2.     legally – allowed by or according to the law

3.     naturalized – born in another country and then becoming a
        citizen

4.     republic – a form of government where people elect leaders to manage the government

5.     voice – an opinion, wish, or choice that someone is allowed
        to express

6.     rights – something that someone is allowed to have morally
or legally

7.     symbol – something that stands for an idea

8.     democracy – a government that is run by the people who live under it

9.     emigrated – to leave one’s own place or county and live in
        another

10.    immigrated – to come to live in a country where one was not
born

11.    oath – a statement or promise in which a person swears that
        what he or she said is true

12. traits – a quality of a person or animal