Influential People and Historical Documents Vocabulary

Social Contract means....

• rights including life, liberty, and property

• no one is above the law

• An agreement between citizens and their government

• favoring ideas

Natural Rights are.....

• no one is above the law

• rights including life, liberty, and property

• an agreement between citizens and their government

• favoring ideas

Civic Participation means....

• working to make a difference in one's community.

• spreading of often false ideas

• A principle that suggests no one is above the law

• Agreement between citizens and their government

Symbolism means....

• government by the people.

• rights including life, liberty, and property.

• A principle where there is 3 branches of government and power is equal

• use of symbols to signify ideas

Rule of law is .....

• use of symbols to signify ideas

• A principle that suggests no one is above the law

• rights including life, liberty, and property.

• spreading of often false ideas

Separation of Powers is a

• principle where there is 3 branches of government and power is equal

• government by the people.

• Agreement between citizens and their government

• system of government where a king or queen is the “head of state.”

Propaganda is the....

• spreading of often false ideas

• A principle that suggests no one is above the law

• Agreement between citizens and their government

• government by the people.

Self-government means....

• A principle where there is 3 branches of government and power is equal

• working to make a difference in one's community.

• use of symbols to signify ideas

• government by the people.

A GOVERNMENT is ....

• A society that makes the law of the land and ensures that all the people in that nation or community are treated fairly

• a favoring of some ideas

• Government exercised under limitations of power

• Limits imposed on all branches of a government

Consent of the Governed means....

• a favoring of some ideas

• authority of a government should depend on the people

• Government exercised under limitations of power

• system of government where a king or queen is the “head of state.”