5th Grade Government Vocabulary

Legally recognized member of a state or nation

• guarantee

• citizen

• dictator

• lawyer

Form of government in which the people rule

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• theocracy

• democracy

Form of government where a person or small group hold absolute power over people

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• theocracy

• democracy

A formal promise that certain conditions will be fulfilled

• contract

• guarantee

• monarch

• engagement

To restrict the size or amount of something

• enlarge

• add

• limit

• decline

A form of government in which authority is held by a ruling family, such as a king or sultan

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• theocracy

• democracy

The build, design or organization of something

• structure

• mind

• destruction

• decay

not restricted in size or amount

• sparse

• scanty

• unlimited

• insubstantial

A written plan for government

• citizenship

• guarantee

• constitution

• bureaucracy

System of rules and the people who make and administer them is known as

• constitution

• government

• communism

• hierarchy