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Origins of Political Thought Vocab Cards Submit Assignment
-Anthony Duong
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History
10th Grade
01/11/2018

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Anarchy

 

Without a government the country would go into Anarchy.

 

 

 

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Anarchy: Means it is complete chaos and lacking any sort of structure.

 

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Aristocracy

 

Often in every country the aristocracies have much power.

 

 

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Aristocracy are the elite the people in the country a lot hold a lot power and money

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Autocracy

 

 

 

The country was an Autocracy ruled by Kim Jon Un.

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Autocracy: A country or organisation ruled that is ruled by one person or group of people.

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Bill of Rights

 

The Bill of Rights make it so I have freedom of speech.

Definition

Bill of Rights: A  rule for governments that outline the rights of every citizen

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Checks and Balances

 

Without checks and balances Donald Trump would do whatever he wanted.

Definition

Checks and Balances:Makes it so people are kept in check and that no one is in complete control.

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Consent

 

To take a picture of the child he needed consent.

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Consent: When you need permission to do something.

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Democracy

 

Our founding fathers built the country to be a democracy.

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Democracy: A government that everyone has a say.

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Declaration of Independence

 

The Declaration of Independence was written by our founding fathers.

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Declaration of Independence:A Document that was written when the people of the colonies left England

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Dictatorship

 

The country was ruled by a dictatorship during the world war 2.

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Dictatorship: When one person has all the power

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Direct Democracy

 

The people in direct democracies hold a lot of people.

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Direct Democracy: A democracy that the people have a lot of power

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Federalism

 

Our country is a federalism that strike a balance of state and federal power

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Federalism: Belief/Support in a government that is run by states and one singular government.

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Freedom

 

Being an adult comes with a lot of freedom and responsibilities.

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Freedom: Being able to do whatever you like

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Ideals

 

If I can get there at 5 that would be ideal.

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Ideals: The way it is supposes to be

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indirect democracy

 

Our country is a indirect democracy since we elect officials.

Definition

Indirect Democracy: A democracy when you elect people to run the government

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Judicial Review

 

The two branches are under judicial review.

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Judicial review: process under which executive and legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.

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Justify

 

He had to justify hi actions in the court.

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Justify: To give an acceptable reason for anything

 

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Liberty

 

I saw the statue of liberty in New York.

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Liberty: to have both freedom and rights to do what you want.

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Limited Government 

A limited government protects people from ternary.

 

 

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Limited government: To limit the actions/power of what a government can do.

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Monarchy

 

 

England is a monarchy ruled by the queen.

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Monarchy: A government ruled by a queen or king.

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Oligarchy

 

 

The oligarchies had run the country behind the scenes.

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Oligarchy: A small group who run a country/Organization.

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Preamble

 

The author had preamble that talked about what was happening

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Preamble: A message in the beginning of a book or document that talks what is is about.

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Theocracy

 

Theocracy are bad governments because not everyone is religious.

Definition

Theocracy: A government by religious leaders.

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Principle

 

Some people live by certain principles.

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Principle: rules that you follow

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Representatives

 

 

The representatives were speaking in place of the people.

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Representative: A person who is speaking for a person or group of people.

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Regime

 

The regime took control of the country.

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Regime: A government that wasn't elected fairly and that is hated.

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Security

 

Security at the white house is always tight.

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Security: Protection from danger for people groups or countries.

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Separation of power

 

Separation of power goes hand in hand with checks and balances.

Definition

Separation of power: to separate duties and power to keep from one person or group from having too much power.

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United states constitution

 

The United states constitution was made by our founding fathers.

Definition

United states constitution: a document that serves as the guidelines for the U.S government.

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Tyranny

 

The colonies left Britain to escape tyranny.

Definition

Tyranny: cruel and unfair control/power

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Popular sovereignty

 

Popular sovereignty makes it so everyone has a say.

 

 

 

 

Definition

Popular sovereignty: A principle that a government or state is for the people

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