click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
5-1
History and Governments of the United States and Canada
Term | Definition |
---|---|
colony | overseas settlement tied to a parent country |
annex | declare ownership of an area |
terrorism | violence used against the people or government in the hopes of winning political goals |
dominion | self-governing country in the British Empire |
representative democracy | form of government in which voters choose leaders who make and enforce the laws |
federalism | form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the state governments |
amendment | an addition to a legal document or law |
parliamentary democracy | form of government in which voters elect representatives to a law-making body called Parliament, and members of Parliament vote for an official called the prime minister to head the government |
economy | way of producing goods |
regime | government |
principle | rule or guideline |
core | basic or fundamental |