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Gov_Vocab
Indicator Assessment #7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives. | Republic |
| Political system in which voters elect others to make laws. | Representative Democracy |
| The principle that the people are the primary source of the government's authority. | Popular sovereignty |
| The principle that the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it. | Limited government |
| The United States government is divided into three branches; legislative, executive, and judicial. | Branches of government |
| The idea that the powers of government must be clearly defined and divided into legislative, executive, and judicial. | Separation of powers |
| A system to safeguard against any one branch of government becoming too powerful and abusing its power. Each branch of government has the power to check, or limit, the actions of the other two branches. | Checks and balances |
| Law making body (powers include spending money raised through taxes, raise an army, declare war, pay government debts, and grant citizenship) | Legislative Branch |