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Citizenship Vocab
Term | Definition |
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civic virtues | personal attitudes and behaviors that promote the well-being of the group like being honest, responsible, respectful, or trustworthy |
citizenship | expected traits of a responsible member of a community |
character | the different qualities or characteristics a person has |
community | a place where people live, work, trade, and share |
code of ethics | a contract of standards that citizens follow, which guides their behavior and helps them determine what it means to act with integrity, honesty, and kindness |
philanthropy | the effort to increase the well-being of people through charitable giving, such as giving their time, resources, or money |
taxes | payments that citizens and businesses are required to make to a government to pay for public goods and services |
right | the freedom to act in a certain way |
responsibility | a duty to behave in a specific way |
goods | things people buy and use like school supplies or clothing |
services | work people pay other people to do for them, such as haircuts or car repairs |
resources | the people and things needed to produce goods and services like lemons, sugar, water, whisk or spoon, and a pitcher to make lemonade |