7254038162 | Constitution | Written plan for government | 0 | |
7254038163 | Judicial power | The power to decide the meaning of laws | 1 | |
7254038164 | State | A group of people living in a territory with recognized borders | 2 | |
7254038165 | Executive power | The power to carry out the laws | 3 | |
7254038166 | Public policy | Laws and goals a government follows or pursues | 4 | |
7254038167 | Legislative power | The right to make laws | 5 | |
7254038168 | Democracy | Means "rule by the people" | 6 | |
7254038169 | Compromise | When each side gives up some demands | 7 | |
7254038170 | Majority rule | Belief that the largest group will be right more often then wrong | 8 | |
7254038171 | Voting | A responsibility of a citizen | 9 | |
7254038172 | Citizen | Someone with certain rights and responsibilities in a state | 10 | |
7254038173 | free enterprise system | Based on private ownership and the desire for profit | 11 | |
7254038174 | Politics | The process in which a society chooses its rulers | 12 | |
7254038175 | Population | A characteristic of every state | 13 | |
7254038176 | Establish justice | A phrase in the preamble of the constitution that means that laws should be reasonable, fair, and impartial | 14 | |
7254038177 | Those who participate | A way governments are classified | 15 | |
7254038178 | Representative democracy | The same as government by popular consent or indirect democracy | 16 | |
7254038179 | Equal Opportunity | Equality in a democracy | 17 | |
7254038180 | Democracy | Another term for free enterprise in the United States | 18 | |
7254038181 | By compromise | The way differences are usually settled in a democracy | 19 |
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