Participating in Our Government Vocabulary Test

the idea that the power of government comes from the consent of the people

• individual rights

• political party

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

a group of people who have similar beliefs about government

• candidate

• political party

• popular sovereignty

• individual rights

a change or improvement

• amendment

• rule of law

• candidate

• articles

the benefit, or good, of all

• candidate

• articles

• common good

• individual rights

Americans pay money every year to the state and national governments to help pay for the services they receive

• citizen

• articles

• candidate

• taxes

the distribution of power in a government between a central government and local government, such as states

• articles

• individual rights

• federalism

• checks and balances

the principle that the law applies to everyone, equally

• separation of powers

• rule of law

• amendment

• constitution

the Constitution divided into laws

• articles

• candidate

• common good

• citizen

the separation of powers in a democracy that gives each branch of government - the legislative, executive, and judicial - some form of authority over the others

• common good

• checks and balances

• individual rights

• popular sovereignty

a person who runs for a particular job or office

• articles

• candidate

• political party

• citizen