The study of citizenship and government

• Geography

• Sociology

• Civics

A government of the people who elect leaders to represent them

• democracy

• dictatorship

• communism

the ruling authority of a nation

• political party

• government

• rule of law

A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses

• bicameral

• unihouse

• tripartisan

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

Two Houses of Congress

• Senate & House of Representatives

• House of Commons & House of Lords

• Appeals Courts & Supreme Court

principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern

• rule of law

• due process

• Civil Rights

following established legal procedures that allows equal treatment under the law

• rule of law

• due process

• Civil Rights

Document signed July 4, 1776 , issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

A written plan for the U.S. Government created in 1787

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Magna Carta