Foundations of Government vocab

a body of people, living in a defined space, with the power to make and enforce laws, with an organization to do this.

• state

• junta

• anarchy

• rule of law

government in which one person has all the power.

• autocracy

• government

• direct democracy

• constitution

Citizens are directly involved in the day-to-day governing of the country. There are no representatives.

• direct democracy

• dictatorship

• sovereignty

• states

the rulebook for a country's government

• constitution

• theocracy

• territory

• consent of the governed

the group of people who are the members or citizens of a state

• population

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• representative democracy

a king or queen rules the country

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• rule of law

• population

a small group of people has all the power

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• population

• rule of law

laws are fair, enforced, and nobody is above the law

• rule of law

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• population

an area in which a state's rule applies

• territory

• dictatorship

• junta

• separation of power

one leader has absolute control over citizens' lives

• dictatorship

• territory

• junta

• separation of power