Civics - Documents Vocab

Match the following

• the principle that a government’s power is derived from the people

• affix

• the principle that the people must give their consent to be

  governed and that consent can be taken aw

• rights

• legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement

• consent of the governed

• to attach; stick; fasten

• accustomed

• familiar; used to

• popular sovereignty

Match the following

• wrongful or illegal taking of power

• welfare

• truthful and straightforward

• confederation

• organization of a number of groups united in an alliance

• usurpation

• good fortune, health, happiness; well-being

• candid

• English for “Anno Domini,” shortened to “A.D.” when referring to the year

  in a date; in modern times,

• year of our Lord

Match the following

• not capable of being taken away or denied

• consent

• to transfer; entrust; hand over

• undersigned

• cruel and oppressive government or rule

• delegate

• permission, approval, or agreement

• unalienable

• whose signature is attached

• tyranny

Match the following

• not lasting; temporary

• sovereignty

• the exercise of absolute power, in a cruel and oppressive way

• transient

• calmness; peacefulness

• derive

• supreme power; authority of a state to govern itself

• tranquility

• to receive from a source

• despotism

Match the following

• separately or individually; each in turn

• shewn

• obvious; no proof is needed

• self-evident

• inclined; likely to; willing to

• severally

• to say or give orders

• dictate

• old spelling of “shown”; past tense of “to show”

• dispose

Match the following

• caution and wisdom

• pretence

• to provide or give

• prudence

• false claim or display (also spelled “pretense”)

• endow

• relating to one’s own country; not foreign

• posterity

• future generations; descendants

• domestic

Match the following

• to give a right or claim to something

• ordain

• governmental relationships or ties

• political bands

• never ending or changing; everlasting

• perpetual

• to reveal; show

• evince

• to establish by law; give orders for

• entitle

Match the following

• to make sure or certain

• consent

• official power to make legal decisions and judgements

• insure

• to drive or push forward

• invariably

• permission, approval, or agreement

• jurisdiction

• unchanging; constant

• impel