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Civics Vocab Quiz #2
Forms of Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| monarch | a king or queen |
| dictator | a person who rules with complete and absolute power |
| democracy | a form of government in which people of a country either rule directly or through elected representatives |
| direct democracy | a form of government in which all the people meet together at one place to make laws and decide what actions to take |
| representative democracy | a form of democracy in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them |
| republic | a form of government in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of government for them |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| human rights | the basic rights to which all people are entitled as human beings |
| confederation | a loose association of states |
| sovereignty | a government's absolute power or authority |
| Parliament | the lawmaking body of British government |
| federalism | A system of government in which the powers of government are divided between the national government, which governs the whole country, and the state governments, which govern the people of each state |
| compromise | an agreement in which each side gives up part of it's demands |
| ratification | approval by a formal vote |
| federalists | supporters of the U.S. Constitution who urged it's adoption |
| antifederalists | opponents of the Constitution who urged it's rejection |
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