Unit 1 Vocab

Absence of government; chaos is

• Democracy

• Authoritarianism

• Anarchy

• Liberty

John Locke’s idea that government gets its right to govern from The People

• Anarchy

• Liberty

• Rule of Law

• Consent of the Governed

The legal steps the government MUST follow to take away a person's life, liberty, or property

• Checks and Balances

• Due Process

• Limited Government

• Government

Describes the LOCATION of governments power

• Systems of Governement

• Types of Government

• Limited Government

• Federal System

________ refers to the governing body of a nation, state, or community.

• President

• Public Schools

• Government

• The FBI

Describes WHO HAS the power

• Types of Government

• Rights

• Systems of Government

• Separation of Powers

 A type of government in which those in power have unlimited and unchangeable power over the people.

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Authoritarian

A safeguard in which each of the branches of the government can check the actions of the other branches to protect The People

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Due Process

• Federalism

Democracy is...

•  A type of government in which those in power have unlimited and unchangeable power over the people.

• A system of government in which a group of independent states hold power under a weak central government

• A type of government in which political control lies with the people

• A system of government in which power is divided between national/federal and state governments to prevent one from becoming too powerful.

Individuals are free to act and think as they choose, provided they do not infringe unreasonably on the freedom and well-being of others.

• Individual Rights and Freedoms

• Liberty

• Rights

• Due Process