Civics and Government Vocabulary

Dynasty

• A powerful group/family that maintains political position for a long period of time

• group of people populating the same given area

• government by the people

• A government ruled by a few people

Republic

• Blank slate

• Also known as a country

• Humans are born with the rights to life, liberty, and property

• Government in which citizens choose their leaders

Tabula Rasa

• Blank slate

• Government that is lead by the citizens, thanks to a republic.

• Ruled by a few

• Socialism that abolishes private ownershim

Natural Rights

• Blank Slate

• Powerful family of rulers that maintain position of power for a long time.

• Humans are born with the rights to life, liberty, and property

• an area of land under jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

State

• A group of people populating the same space

• A powerful family of rulers that maintains its power for some time

• The governing body of a nation, state, or community

• An area that includes a territory, population, and government

Population

• An area of land under the jurisdiction (law) of a ruler or state

• A group of people populating the same given area

• Government by the people

• An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the throne

Territory

• The governing body of a nation, state, or community

• An area that includes a population, territory, and government

• An area of land under the jurisdiction (laws) of a ruler or state

• A government ruled by a few powerful people

Government

• A king or Queen is the official head of state but has limited power due to a constitution

• Government by the people

• The governing body of a nation, state, or community

• The idea that all humans are born with the rights to life, liberty, and property

Autocracy

• Government by the people

• A government ruled by a few powerful people

• A system of government by one person with absolute power.

• A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

Monarchy

• An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the throne

• A powerful family of group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time.

• People living without man-made government, rules, or laws. Total chaos

• A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership