Chapter:1, Section:1
Terms
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- Government
- is the ruling authority for a community
- Representative Democracy
- the citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf but people remain the source of the government's authority
- Citizens
- have certain rights and duties
- Majority Rule
- Citizens agree that when difference arise, we will abide by what most people want.
- Budget
- a plan for collecting and spending money
- Direct Democracy
- all citizens met to debate government matters and vote first hand.
- Civics
- the study of the rights and duties of citizens
- Democracy
- Government in which the people rule
- Public Policy
- a course of government action to achieve community goals.
- Dictatorship
- a government controlled by one person or a small group of people,