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| 1. There are many different kinds of Amendments. |
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change, improvement, or addition that is made to a law or
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| 2.Queens and Kings control the Aristocracy. |
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| A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility[image] |
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| 3. The checks and balances are divided by three branches. |
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| from Montesquieu, a fundamental democratic principle of American government which ensures that one branch does not accumulate too much power[image] |
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4. The government has constitutional behaviors. |
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the belief that a government should be based on a constitution
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| 5. The Democracy is able to vote. |
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| a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials[image] |
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| 6.The people are able to vote because of Direct Democracy. |
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| A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives[image] |
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7. The executive is the one able to make the right decisions. |
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| the part of government that makes sure decisions and laws work well[image] |
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| 8. Federalism is connected with the U.S. State Governments and the federal government of the U.S. |
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| belief in or support for a federal system of government[image] |
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| 9. The people are able to pick who they want their representative to be. |
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Form of democracy in which individuals are represented by appointed representatives.
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| 10. Judicials are very important because without them, are country wouldn't be the way it is right now. |
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| relating to the law, judges, or their decisions[image] |
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| 11. The Government does the Judicial Review so they can rethink their decisions. |
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power of courts to review decisions of another department or level of government
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| 12. The legislative is very powerful and important for the united states. |
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an institution that has the power to make or change laws
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| 13. The government only has limited power. |
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a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law
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| 14. Monarchy are very power. |
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A government ruled by a king or queen
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| 15. Oligarchy is only runned by very few people. |
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a small group of people who run a country or organization, or a country that is run by a small group of people
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| 16. The people have the rights because of popular sovereignty. |
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basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed (p 70)
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| 17. In a document that the government writes always has a preamble in the beginning. |
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a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about
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| 18. The government always makes a ratify decision. |
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to make a written agreement official by signing it
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| 19. The republic organizes the government. |
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| A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them[image] |
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| 20. The three branches of the government are separation of powers. |
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division of governmental authority among the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The US Constitution uses this principle in setting the presidency, the Congress, and the courts
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| 21. Many different countries in the world go through tyranny. |
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cruel or unfair control over other people and/or cruel and unfair government
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| 22. The Bill of Rights is very important to the U.S. government. |
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a written statement of the most important rights of the citizens of a country, part of the U.S. Constitution
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