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Citizenship Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| civic virtues | personal attitudes and behaviors that promote the well-being of the person and the group. Examples include being honest, responsible, respectful, or trustworthy. |
| citizenship | the expected traits (quality or characteristic) of a responsible member of a community |
| character | the different traits (quality or characteristic) a person has that make up who they are as a person |
| code of ethics | a contract of standards that guides citizens' behavior and helps determine what is right and how 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 the government to pay for public goods and services |
| right | the freedom to act in a certain way that aligns with the rules of justice, the law, and the community |
| responsibility | something a person is responsible for, and should do because it is the fair or the right thing to do |
| resources | the people and things needed in order to produce goods and services (ex. employees, lemons, sugar, water, pitcher, etc. for a lemonade business) |
| citizen | a member of a town, city, county, state, or country with certain rights and responsibilities |
| government | a group of people that are elected by citizens and manage cities, states, and the nation |
| representative democracy | a form of government in which ultimate power lies with the people; it is a government system where citizens vote for representatives (aka people) to make laws and govern on their behalf |