Unit 5 Vocab

membership in a society that comes with rights and duties

• checks and balances

• citizenship

• constitutional republic

• federal system

a government in which representatives are chosen by the people and whose power is limited by a constitution

• constitutional republic

• culture

• federal system

• checks and balances

a system in which the limits are placed on the branches of government, so no one branch becomes too powerful

• compromise

• celebration

• constitutional republic

• checks and balances

a government where power is shared between a national centralized government and the smaller state governments

• checks and balances

• culture

• federal system

• citizenship

an agreement between opposing parties

• compromise

• celebration

• checks and balances

• citizenship

a way of life for a particular group

• culture

• celebration

• federal system

• citizenship

when people enjoy activities together to highlight an important event

• checks and balances

• culture

• celebration

• compromise