Gov 14.2 Quiz MMHS

What term describes the legal process by which a person is granted the rights and privileges of a citizen?

Naturalization

What term describes the principle that citizenship is granted based upon the citizenship of ones parents?

Jus Sanguinis

What term describes a loss of citizenship due to deception or fraud?

Denaturalization

What is one of your responsibilities as a citizen of the United States?

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What term describes the process by which members of a whole group of people living in the same geographic area become citizens?

Collective naturalization

What is an example of a crime that is punishable by a loss of citizenship?

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What is a qualification to become a United States citizen?

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What Supreme Court case ruled that African-Americans, enslaved or free, were not citizens and could not bring suit in a federal court?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

What term describes the principal that citizenship is granted to nearly all people born in the United States or in American territories?

Jus Soli

What term describes when a person gives up their citizenship?

Expatriation