Ch 1/2 vocabulary review

Authority that acts on behalf of a group of people

• monarchy

• census

• government

• civics

The annual number of deaths per 1,000 members of a population

• birth rate

• death rate

• census

• government

Official count of the number of people living in the United States that is taken every 10 years

• census

• civics

• democracy

• government

The annual number of births per 1,000 members of a population.

• death rate

• census

• civics

• birth rate

The study of what it means to be an American citizen.

• geography

• civics

• theocracy

• democracy

Country ruled by a few powerful people

• oligarchy

• theocracy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

Country ruled by one person with complete control

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

• democracy

• theocracy

Country ruled by religious leaders

• democracy

• theocracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

Country ruled by the people

• democracy

• monarchy

• theocracy

• oligarchy

Country ruled by a king or a queen

• theocracy

• republic

• democracy

• monarchy