7th Grade Political Science Vocabulary

The study of power, politics, and government

• Anarchy

• Political Science

• Republic

• Preamble

The section of government responsible for interpreting and analyzing the law, especially in court cases.

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Government

Section of government responsible for for enforcing the laws; headed on the federal level by the President and Vice President, & at state level by the governor.

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Political Science

Section of government responsible for making the laws. The United States government which includes the Senate and House of Representatives.

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Moderate

A system of rule over people and territory.

• Legislative Branch

• Revolutionary

• Dictatorship

• Government

Rule by a few

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Republic

• Anarchy

The absence of government

• Government

• Dictatorship

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

Rule by one person, usually royalty, with the right to govern passed by bloodlines.

• Monarchy

• Moderate

• Republic

• Oligarchy

Government in which the citizens elect representatives who rule in their place. Has a Constitution.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Republic

A government in which the people rule directly.

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship