Civics Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Republic

• a written agreement
• a country with a representative democracy
• An agreement between the people and the government
• a freedom people have to life, liberty, and property

Dissenter

• One who opposes common views
• To be useful or profitable
• a person who works for someone for food and shelter
• A way of using wealth and resources

Legislature

• One who opposes common views
• a group of people that makes laws
• the power of the government can be limited
• Rule by the people

Economy

• A refusal to purchase something
• The power to make others obey
• To talk about or argue
• A system that determines how to treat resources

Cash Crop

• A crop produced mainly for sale
• Refuse to buy or use
• Representative
• Personal freedom

Repeal

• a group of people that make laws
• a tax on an imported good
• Personal freedom
• To cancel a law

Duty

• tax on an imported goods
• a system that determines how to treat resources
• Representative
• The power to make others obey

Liberty

• a government ruled by the people
• A way of using wealth and resources
• A tax on imported goods
• Freedom

Natural Rights

• Rights that the government cannot take away
• the idea that a ruler is not all-powerful
• A country with a representative democracy
• A written agreement

Boycott

• A way of using wealth and resources
• a tax on an imported goods
• Refuse to buy or use
• Someone who does not agree with official or common views