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| Anarchy. Usually without laws and government, there is Anarchy. |
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| An Anarchy is a place without rules or laws. [image] |
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| Aristocracy. The people at the top are usually divided up into government, religious, and commercial aristocracies. |
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| Aristocracy are the rich people who usually have power and land. [image] |
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| Autocracy. Autocracy is a Monarchy and a dictatorship combined. |
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| A form of government which one person or group of people have most of the power. [image] |
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| Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights provides standards on how we should be treated. |
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| Bill of Rights is a document describing what America wanted back then, becoming the first ten amendments. [image] |
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| Checks and Balances. Games usually come down to Checks and Balances. |
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| Checks and Balances is how government checks each other, making sure there is balance.[image] |
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| Consent(C). Getting consent is important in certain actions. |
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| Consent is getting permission to enact a law or act.[image] |
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| Democracy. In America, we live in a Democracy. |
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| Democracy is a form a government where the people vote for their leaders.[image] |
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| Declaration of Independence. The Mexicans have their own Declaration of Independence, but it's different from ours, |
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| A document where we declared our independence to Britain.[image] |
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| Dictatorship. There are 49 dictatorships in the world today, |
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| Where a government is ruled by one person and controlled completely by them.[image] |
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| Direct Democracy. Direct Democracy is called pure Democracy by some, because the people vote on more. |
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| A form of Democracy where you can vote on everything.[image] |
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| Federalism. Europe was the original home for Federalism. |
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| States control their own affairs, but the main government still exists making important decisions. [image] |
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| Freedom(C). People want constitutional freedom in America. |
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| Where you can do what you want as long as it doesn't break the law. [image] |
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| Ideals(C). Governments are shaped by these ideals. |
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| The government strives to do certain things. [image] |
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| Indirect Democracy. Getting a group of people to represent is important in an Indirect Democracy. |
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| Where you have to vote for a group of people to represent you. [image] |
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| Judicial Review. It is important to get Judicial review to validate acts and laws. |
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| The Supreme court reviewing laws and acts. [image] |
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| Justify(C). In a court, you present your case, and you have to justify it with evidence. |
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| You should be able to provide reasons on why you are able to act freely in this government. [image] |
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| Liberty(C). In America, we can exercise liberty without getting in trouble. |
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| The right to exercise your rights and laws for you. [image] |
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| Limited Government. The limited government is restricted for the sake of the people. |
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| The Government is restricted by the law.[image] |
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| Monarchy. In Monarchy, there are kings and queens. |
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| A form of government where the Kings/queens are on top. [image] |
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| Oligarchy. If a group of people are deciding everything, it's a Oligarchy. |
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| A form of government where a group of people control the country. [image] |
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| Preamble. An important part of the constitution in the beginning. |
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| An introduction to the constitution. [image] |
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| Theocracy. Religious things are more important in a Theocracy. |
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| A form of Government where the religions are on top. [image] |
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| Principle(C). These things allow our government to function as it is. |
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| Baselines that the government follows. [image] |
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| Representative(C). We have to have a representative to be in a democracy. |
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| Something or someone who can represent someone. [image] |
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| Regime(C). Regimes usually describe a type of government. |
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| A type of government that's usually Authoritarian. [image] |
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| Security(C). Security is right around the corner in the form of police. |
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| Used to help protect the people. [image] |
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| Separation of Powers. For everything to be balanced, branches don't have the same powers. |
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| Different branches of government having different powers. [image] |
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| United States Constitution. An important document that helped the United States. |
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| The united states laws and principals embodied in a document. [image] |
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| Tyranny(C). In life, parents usually are tyrants with good purpose. |
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| A form of government that oppresses the people.[image] |
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| Popular Sovereignty. Popular Sovereignty is more about the people, then a government. |
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| People are the source of all political power. [image] |
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