Civics Unit One Key Terms

Written plan of government

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Amendments

• Bill of Rights

King or Queen

• Dictator

• Immigrant

• Czar

• Monarch

Organizations and institutions that exercise political authority on behalf of a group of people

• Constitution

• Citizens

• Government

• Congress

An official count of the number of people living in a country

• Census

• Ratification

• Migration

• Civics

Form of government in which all the people meet together in one place to make laws and decide on what action to take

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictator

The study of what it means to be a US citizen

• Naturalization

• Immigration

• Geography

• Civics

An agreement in which each side gives up part of its demands

• Compromise

• Ratification

• Government

• Census

Legal member of a country

• Civics

• Immigrant

• Monarch

• Citizen

Form of government in which people elect representatives to carry out the work of government for them

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Human Rights

• Constitution

Approval by a formal vote

• Agreement

• Compromise

• Direct Democracy

• Ratification