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SS Chapter 7
Government
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| government | a system of rules for a group of people |
| democracy | a government where people have the power to choose their leaders through elections |
| constitution | a plan for government |
| law | rules of a community |
| executive branch | the law enforcing branch of the government |
| legislative branch | the law making branch of the government |
| judicial branch | the law interpreting branch of the government |
| veto | to reject a law |
| vote | to make a choice in an election |
| jury | a group of people asked to decide a court case |
| candidate | a person running for a leadership position in government |
| petition | a document requesting something from a government signed by people |
| census | a population count done every 10 years |
| population | the number of people living in an arean |
| rural | land where few people live, usually far apart |
| urban | a city or where many people live |
| metropolitan | an area that contains a urban center and its suburbs |
| suburb | a community that is outside a city but still connected to it |
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