Encompass the legal guidelines and criteria that determine how individuals acquire, maintain, and exercise their citizenship.

• A. US CIS Naturalization Requirements
• B. Rules of citizenship
• C. Naturalization
• D. Citizenship Oath

Answer: (B)

Think about what governs all parts of citizenship—the ways you become, keep, and exercise your status. The broad term that covers the legal guidelines and criteria for acquiring, maintaining, and exercising citizenship is the rules of citizenship. This umbrella idea includes who is eligible to become a citizen, what duties and rights come with citizenship, and the processes involved in becoming and staying a citizen, as well as how you participate in civic life. The other options point to narrower pieces: naturalization is one path to citizenship, the oath is a specific pledge within some processes, and a country’s naturalization requirements are a particular set of rules for a single nation. So the general concept of rules of citizenship best captures all those elements together.