WH 3.1 Vocab

A large state that rules many peoples and lands under one government

• empire

• colony

• city-state

• republic

a self-governing city and surrounding land (especially in Greece)

• city-state (polis)

• empire

• colony

• province

a system where citizens vote on laws themselves (Athens model)

• democracy (direct)

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• republic

a system where people elect representatives to make laws (Rome’s early system)

• republic

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

the term for rule by a small, usually wealthy, group

• oligarchy

• democracy

• monarchy

• anarchy

the term for non-elected government workers who run day-to-day administration

• bureaucracy

• legislature

• judiciary

• executive

Rule by one person with total power

• autocracy/autocratic

• democracy/democratic

• oligarchy/oligarchic

• aristocracy/aristocratic

legal membership in a community with rights and duties

• citizenship

• residency

• immigration

• employment

the principle that law applies to everyone, even leaders, and no one is above the law

• rule of law

• separation of powers

• judicial review

• executive privilege

Rome’s written law code that protected citizens’ rights

• Twelve Tables

• Code of Hammurabi

• Magna Carta

• Napoleonic Code