Civics - Documents Vocab

Match the following

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

• popular sovereignty

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

  governed and that consent can be taken aw

• affix

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

• accustomed

• familiar; used to

• rights

• to attach; stick; fasten

• consent of the governed

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• truthful and straightforward

• welfare

• good fortune, health, happiness; well-being

• candid

• wrongful or illegal taking of power

• confederation

• organization of a number of groups united in an alliance

• year of our Lord

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

  in a date; in modern times,

• usurpation

Match the following

• whose signature is attached

• unalienable

• not capable of being taken away or denied

• delegate

• to transfer; entrust; hand over

• tyranny

• cruel and oppressive government or rule

• consent

• permission, approval, or agreement

• undersigned

Match the following

• to receive from a source

• tranquility

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

• despotism

• not lasting; temporary

• transient

• calmness; peacefulness

• derive

• supreme power; authority of a state to govern itself

• sovereignty

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• inclined; likely to; willing to

• shewn

• obvious; no proof is needed

• dispose

• to say or give orders

• self-evident

• separately or individually; each in turn

• severally

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

• dictate

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• to provide or give

• posterity

• caution and wisdom

• prudence

• relating to one’s own country; not foreign

• pretence

• future generations; descendants

• endow

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

• domestic

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• to establish by law; give orders for

• evince

• to reveal; show

• entitle

• governmental relationships or ties

• political bands

• to give a right or claim to something

• perpetual

• never ending or changing; everlasting

• ordain

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• to make sure or certain

• invariably

• to drive or push forward

• impel

• official power to make legal decisions and judgements

• insure

• unchanging; constant

• consent

• permission, approval, or agreement

• jurisdiction