Review of SS.7.CG.1.1

The involvement of individual citizens or communities in local, state, and national government - Can include voting, political activism, volunteering, and community engagement.

• civic participation

• running for office

• going to school

• planning a trip

A group or assembly with the power to make laws for a country, nation, or city.

• legislative bodies

• supreme court judges

• presidents

• teacher unions

In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also came to mean the body of citizens under a city's jurisdiction.

• polis

• phobia

• pneumonia

• phalanx

used to express a wish to follow a particular course of action.

• voting

• sleeping

• reading a book

• cooking dinner

A document of basic principles which a state or other organization is ruled by.

• Written Constitution

• Spoken Poetry

• Visual Art

A political ideology that emphasizes the idea of self-rule and ranges from the rule of a representative minority or aristocracy to popular sovereignty.

• republicanism

• anarchy

• theocracy

A political system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns.

• representative government

• autocracy

• lack of government

• dictatorship

A political ideal wherein all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws - including lawmakers and leaders. Simply put, "No one is above the law."

• The Rule of Law

• The Rule of Fours

• Pythagorean Theorum

• Cruel and Unusual Punishment

refers to the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with others.

• separation of powers

• polis

• democracy

• natural rights

the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair

• justice

• revenge