Intro to Civics

                law of the land that sets rules for how our nation will run

• dictatorship

• Community

• Constitution

• Responsibility

government in which the leader rules by force

• dictatorship

• Community

• Constitution

• Responsibility

a group of people who share an environment

• dictatorship

• Community

• Constitution

• Responsibility

duties to other people, the government, or society

• dictatorship

• Community

• Constitution

• Responsibility

government in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• monarchy

• theocracy

government in which all voters meet in one place to make laws and decide what actions to take

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• monarchy

• theocracy

non-democratic government

• government in which citizen do not have the power to rule

• government that has a person, such as a king or queen, who reigns
  over a kingdom or empire

• allows the people of the country to either rule directly or elect officials who act on their behalf

democratic government

• government in which citizen do not have the power to rule

• government that has a person, such as a king or queen, who reigns
  over a kingdom or empire

• allows the people of the country to either rule directly or elect officials who act on their behalf

monarchy

• government in which citizen do not have the power to rule

• government that has a person, such as a king or queen, who reigns
  over a kingdom or empire

• allows the people of the country to either rule directly or elect officials who act on their behalf

 the idea that the government receives its power from the people.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Republic

• Institution

• Values