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WorksheetsUnit 5: Political Structure Vocab Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A government system in which power is taken by force. A dictator has total control over the citizens. People have few rights.
Oligarchy
Aristocracy
Dictatorship/Tyranny
What does the word ARISTOCRACY mean?
A government system in which a group of wealthy and educated individuals rule. Power is usually passed down in certain families.
A government system in which power is taken by force. A dictator has total control over the citizens. People have few rights.
A government system in which citizens elect representatives to vote on policies/laws.
The status of being a citizen in a country. A citizen has certain rights, privileges and duties.
Citizenship
Empire
Government
A belief system that enforces strict conformity to law.
Confucianism
Laws
Legalism
Made up most of the population of Rome, but did not have much power.
Athenians
Plebeians
Patricians
A Chinese philosophy that teaches one can gain happiness and peace by becoming one with the Dao or the Way.
Confucianism
Legalism
Taoism
A government system in which one person rules with unlimited authority and power.
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Democracy
A government system in which citizens vote directly on policies/laws.
Monarchy
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Code of law adopted by a state or nation.
City-State
Legal Codes
Government
An independent sovereign city that has its own functioning government. Acts like its own country.
Citizenship
Empire
City-State
A government system in which one person rules, known as the monarch. The monarch acts as the head of state and usually achieves this position through heredity.
Monarchy
Theocracy
Democracy
What does the word DEMOCRACY mean?
A government system in which power is held by the citizens.
A government system in which a small group of people rule.
A government system in which a group of religious leaders rule. Religious law is used to govern.
What does the word PATRICIANS mean?
Made up most of the population of Rome, but did not have much power.
True descendants of the original people in Rome. They were the only ones allowed to become senators or emperors.
A belief system that focuses on personal ethics and morals.
What does the word OLIGARCHY mean?
A government system in which one person rules, known as the monarch. The monarch acts as the head of state and usually achieves this position through heredity.
A government system in which citizens elect representatives to vote on policies/laws.
A government system in which a small group of people rule.
What do the words JUSTINIAN’S CODE mean?
A collection of laws developed for the Byzantine empire.
Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia. Set standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments for justice.
A government system in which power is held by the citizens.
What does the word THEOCRACY mean?
A government system in which citizens elect representatives to vote on policies/laws.
A government system in which a group of wealthy and educated individuals rule. Power is usually passed down in certain families.
A government system in which a group of religious leaders rule. Religious law is used to govern.
What do the words HAMMURABI’S CODE mean?
Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia. Set standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments for justice.
The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
A collection of laws developed for the Byzantine empire.
What does the word LAWS mean?
A belief system that focuses on personal ethics and morals.
The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
A sovereign state consisting of several territories and citizens that are subject to a single ruling authority.
What do the words REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY mean?
A government system in which a group of wealthy and educated individuals rule. Power is usually passed down in certain families.
A government system in which a small group of people rule.
A government system in which citizens elect representatives to vote on policies/laws.
What does the word CONFUCIANISM mean?
A belief system that focuses on personal ethics and morals.
A Chinese philosophy that teaches one can gain happiness and peace by becoming one with the Dao or the Way.
A belief system that enforces strict conformity to law.
