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Texes- competency 023
Content test- Government & Citizenship
17
Education
Not Applicable
05/15/2012

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Term
If Tx were a nation it would rank
Definition
8th in the World
Term
best known forms of Government
Definition

Communism

Socialism

Democracy

Monarchy

Oliarchy

Term
Communism
Definition

states control economic activity

rejects free enterprise and capitalism

should not have social classes

Term
Democracy
Definition

Majority rules

elect canidates to represent

Term
Monarchy
Definition
King or Queen leads the nation
Term
Ruled by one
Definition

Autocracy

Monarchy

Dictatorship

Term
Ruled by few
Definition

Theocracy

 

aristocracy

 

Oligarchy

 

Military

Term
ruled by many
Definition

Democracy

Constitutional Democracy

Parliamentatarian Monarchy

Federal Republic

Term
The U.S. has two forms of
Government
Definition
The Federal Republic and Constitutional Democracy
Term
Branches of Government
Definition

Executive Branch

Judicial Branch

Legislative Branch

system of Checks and Balances

Term
Executive Branch
Definition

President

Vice President

Term
Judicial Branch
Definition
Federal Court systems
Term
Legislative Branch
Definition

Senate

House of Representives

Term
The Flag
Definition
  1. Red represents valor
  2. White represents purity
  3. Blue represents justice
  4. 13 stripes
Term
National Anthem
Definition
Star Spangled banner by Francis Scott Key
Term
Pledge of Allegiance
Definition
patriotism
Term
The Great Seal
Definition

A Bald Eagle

olive branch-peace

arrows- military strength

"E Pluribus Unim"

meaning "Out of many, one"

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