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civics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Representative democracy | a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct |
| Monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head. |
| Aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. |
| Theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. |
| Anarchy | a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. |
| Direct democracy | a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly. |
| Magna carta | a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede |
| Habeas corpus | a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, |
| Bill of rights | first 10 amendments to constitution |
| Liberalism | the holding of liberal views.: "one of the basic tenets of liberalism is tolerance" |
| Preamble | a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction |
| Articles | a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation. |
| Amendment | a minor change in a document. |
| Ratified | sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. |
| branches of government | division of government into executive, legislative, and judicial branches. In the case of the federal government, the three branches were established by the Constitution |
| Executive branch | execute the laws |
| Legislative branch | lawmaking branch |
| Judicial branch | judging branch |
| Checks and balances | counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. |
| Federalism | the federal principle or system of government |
| Separation of powers | an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. |
| Congress | a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington DC, was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| Senate | any of various legislative or governing bodies, in particular. |
| House of representatives | The lower house of the United States Congress. With 435 popularly elected officials relative to each state's population. |
| Constituents | a member of a constituency. |
| Impartial | treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just. |
| Unconstitutional | not in accordance with a political constitution, especially the US Constitution, or with procedural rules. |
| Confirmed | The necessity of obtaining Senate approval operates, on the whole, as a considerable check on presidential power. I |
| Nomination | the action of nominating or state of being nominated. |
| Convention | an agreement between countries covering particular matters, especially one less formal than a treaty. |
| Electoral college | (in the US) a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. |
| Platform | the declared policy of a political party or group.: "seeking election on a platform of low taxes". |
| Independent | not connected with another or with each other; separate |
| Opinion polls | an assessment of public opinion obtained by questioning a representative sample. |
| Primary | a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election |
| Democrats | more government, more programs, |
| Republicans | less government and control, less programs, |
| Immigrants | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. |
| Naturalization | the admittance of a foreigner to the citizenship of a country. |
| Jury | a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court. |
| Witness | a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place |
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