American political activist and philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809) once said, “Our citizenship in the United States is our national character.” After reading the information in the Citizenship Just the Facts article, analyze how Thomas Paine’s quote is reflected in the processes to becoming a citizen, how citizenship has changed over time, and the Oath naturalized citizens take. Use the information from the article to explain your position.

As a country, America is defined by the ideas of this being a democratic nation. Democracy refers to a country in which individuals choose what happens in the government. In this case, America represents these democratic ideals because our citizens have the opportunity to pick who runs our local, state, and national government.  With this in mind, it is the responsibility of American citizens to use their power of the vote in order to put in place the individuals who they think will help the country the most. Along with voting, debating, and using our first amendment right of freedom of speech to express concerns/views about the country helps to create an atmosphere where people can learn from each other.

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]

the answer is states.