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Government
Term | Definition |
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Government Services | Public organization run by the government |
Politics | How power is distributed in the government |
Majority Rules | A group with OVER half the votes win |
Democracy | A government where the citizens participate |
Framers | Men who created the U.S. Constitution |
Republic | Government with publicly elected representatives |
Government | Rules and institutions which allows a society function |
Minority Rights | Group rights that do not have power in a society |
Rule of Law | Everyone must obey the law, even the leaders |
Limited Government | A government that has limited power by law |
Absolute Monarchy | Royalty rules and does not share any power |
Representative Democracy | Citizens elect representatives to run the government |
Junta | Military leaders run the government |
Direct Democracy | Citizens make all their laws themselves |
Dictatorship | One person or group rules with complete power others |
Theocracy | Religious leaders rule the country |
Constitutional Monarchy | Royalty share the power with elected leaders |
Oligarchy | Elite group of people holds all the power |
Anarchy | No one is in charge |
Bicameral | Name for two houses of congress |
Bill of Rights | First Ten Amendments of the Constitution |
Individual Rights | Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, Free Speech, Property |
Representative Democracy | Type of government of the U.S. |
Main Purpose of our government | Protect our individual rights |
# of Supreme Court Members | 9 |
Leader of Executive Branch | President |
# of Members in House of Representatives | 435 |
Branch that interprets laws | Judical |
Term for Supreme Court term | Life |
# of Members in the Senate | 100 |
Branch that makes the laws | Legislative |
Branch that carries out the laws | Executive |
# of Senates per State | 2 |
Length of term for Representatives | 2 years |
Length of term for Senators | 6 years |
Absolute Monarchy means the Ordinarily people | Have no rights or freedom |
Dictators get control of the government | By force OR they are placed there |
Dictators can do what they want BUT | Citizens have very few rights |
Totalitarian System | Dictators say that the government can take control of peoples individual life |
In Oligarchy it can sometimes be only a certain group | One social class or one race |
In Theocracy the government claims... | They are directed by God |
Communism | An economic and social system based on collective onwership |
Communism is basically when | All property and productions are shared and owned by everyone |
Anarchy is basically | What happens when there were no governments |
Countries with Anarchy | None |
The three branches of government | Executive, Legislative, and Judical |
Two parts of Congress | House of Representatives and Senate |
House of Representatives are based on... | Population |
Voter elect | President and Congress |
The President chooses | The Vice President |
President appoints | Cabinet |
Vice President is part of | The Cabinet |
Supreme Court has | 12 Courts of Appeal |
12 Courts of Appeal has | 94 District Courts |
Minimum Age for Senates | 30 years old |
Minimum age for House of Representatives | 25 years old |
Legislative has the power to... | Declare war, override president vote, ratify treaties, impeach the pres., and approve budget |
Minimum age for president | 35 years old |
Citizenship to become pres. | Natural born citizen |
Been in the US for (BLANK) to become pres. | 14 years |
Power of Executive Branch | Commands the Military, veto's bills, creates budget, and makes foreign policy |
Judicial Branch is nominated by | The President |
Judicial Branch has the power to | Punish lawbreakers, settle state disputes, and settles legal |