Fast & Curious Civics Chapter 2 (Foundations in Government)

Monarch

• A person, such as a king or queen, who reigns over a kingdom or an empire

• The lawmaking body of Great Britain

• A person who rules with complete and absolute power

• The people consent to be ruled by their elected leaders

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SS.7.C.1.3

Dictator

• Absolute power

• A person who rules with complete and absolute power

• An agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands in order to reach a solution to a problem

• A person, such as a king or queen, who reigns over a kingdom or an empire

Tags

SS.7.C.1.3

Democracy

• All voters in a community meet in one place to make laws and decide what actions to take

• The people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them

• The people of a nation either rule directly, or they elect officials who act on their behalf

• The people consent to be ruled by their elected leaders

Direct Democracy

• All voters in a community meet in one place to make laws and decide what actions to take

• The people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them

• The people of a nation either rule directly, or they elect officials who act on their behalf

• The people consent to be ruled by their elected leaders

Representative Democracy

• All voters in a community meet in one place to make laws and decide what actions to take

• The people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them

• The people of a nation either rule directly, or they elect officials who act on their behalf

• The people consent to be ruled by their elected leaders

Republic

• All voters in a community meet in one place to make laws and decide what actions to take

• The people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them

• The people of a nation either rule directly, or they elect officials who act on their behalf

• The people consent to be ruled by their elected leaders

Constitution

• The basic plan under which Americans live, or a written plan of government

• Loose association of states

• An agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands in order to reach a solution to a problem

• The rights to which all people are entitled

Confederation

• The basic plan under which Americans live, or a written plan of government

• Loose association of states

• An agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands in order to reach a solution to a problem

• The rights to which all people are entitled

Compromise

• The basic plan under which Americans live, or a written plan of government

• Loose association of states

• An agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands in order to reach a solution to a problem

• The rights to which all people are entitled

Human Rights

• The basic plan under which Americans live, or a written plan of government

• Loose association of states

• An agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands in order to reach a solution to a problem

• The rights to which all people are entitled