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Unit 1 vocab words
Social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civics | The study of science of the privileges and obligations of citizens |
| Citizen | A native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes alliances to its government and is entitled to its protection |
| Government | A form or system of rule by which I state community, etc., is governed |
| Democracy | The common people of a community is distinguished from any privileged Class, the common people with respect to their political power |
| Communism | A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common actual ownership being subscribed to the community as a whole or to the state |
| Oligarchy | A form of government in which all power is vested in a few or in a dominant class or cliché governed by a few |
| Federalism, | A federal principle of government |
| Monarchy | A state ordination in which the supreme power is actually or nominally large in monarch |
| Socialism | A theory or system of social organization that advocates the ownership and Control of the means of production , distribution ,capital, land, etc. |
| Anarchy | A state or society without government or law |
| Sovereignty | The quality or state of being sovereign, or having supreme power authority |
| Popular sovereignty | the political principle that the authority of a government is created, sustained, and legitimized by the consent of its people, who hold the ultimate political power. |
| Constitution | The system of fundamental principles, according to which a nation ,state or corporation is governed |
| Separation of powers | a constitutional design that divides state government responsibilities into distinct branches to prevent any single group or person from holding absolute power |
| Checks and balances | a system of government where separate branches have the power to limit and restrict the actions of other branches. |
| Inalienable rights | God-given rights cannot be taken from you |
| Common good | The advantage or benefit of all people in society or in a group |