civics chapter 2 vocab 7th

Democracy

• 1. a freedom people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

• 1. a government in which citizens hold the power to rule

• 1. the principle that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful

•  a worker who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for his or her labor

direct democracy

• 1. the principle that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful

• 1. a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf

• 1. – a freedom people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

•  a form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand

representative democracy

• 1. a government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf

• 1. the principle that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful

• a group of people that makes laws

• 1. a freedom people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

republic

• 1.  a group of people that makes laws

• 1. the principle that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful

• 1.  a representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers

• 1.  an agreement among people in a society with their government

limited government

• 1.  an agreement among people in a society with their government

• 1.  the principle that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful

• 1.  a government in which citizens hold the power to rule

• 1. a system for making choices about ways to use scarce resources to make and distribute goods and services to fulfill people’s needs and wants

legislature

• 1. a freedom people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

• 1.  to cancel a law

• 1.  a group of people that makes laws

• 1.  a representative to a meeting

social contract

• 1.  a system for making choices about ways to use scarce resources to make and distribute goods and services to fulfill people’s needs and wants

•  a large estate

• a worker who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for his or her labor

• 1.  an agreement among people in a society with their government

natural right

• 1. the quality or state of being free

• 1. one who opposes official or commonly held views

• 1. a freedom people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

• the act of importing or exporting secretly, in violation of the law and especially without paying duty on goods

indentured servant

• 1. the quality or state of being free

• a worker who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for his or her labor

• a crop produced mainly for sale

• 1. a tax on an imported good

dissenter

• 1. to refuse to purchase certain goods or services

• 1. a large estate

• a system for making choices about ways to use scarce resources to make and distribute goods and services to fulfill people’s needs and wants

• 1. one who opposes official or commonly held views