Government and Citizenship Vocabulary, Module 4, Lesson 1 & 2

a country's political boundaries

• Borders

• Economy

• Culture

• climate

a government having complete authority over a geographic area

• federal government

• congress

• sovereign nation

• county council

a nation's plan for interacting with other countries of the world

• Foreign policy

• Trade agreements
• Military alliances

a country's economic, cultural, or military goals

• National interests
• Cultural heritage
• Local policies
• Global strategies

an organization of the world's countries that promotes peace and security around the globe

• African Union

• United Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• World Health Organization

rights that all people deserve, such as rights to equality and justice

• Political rights

• Economic rights
• Human rights

humanitarian aid

• assistance to people in a car accident

• assistance to people who are humans

• assistance to people who are poor

• assistance to people in distress

government that has legal limits on its power

• Absolute power

• Totalitarian government

• limited government

• democracy

form of government in which the people elect leaders and rule by majority

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Theocracy
• Democracy

government in which citizens meet in popular assembly to discuss issues and vote for leaders

• Representative democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Direct democracy