Civics and Government Terms

Question 1

representative democracy

Answer 1

U.S., citizens vote to elect representatives who make and execute laws

Question 2

democracy

Answer 2

“rule of the people”

Question 3

monarchy

Answer 3

“rule of one person”

Question 4

aristocracy

Answer 4

“rule of an elite class” (lords or barons, etc.)

Question 5

theocracy

Answer 5

“rule of the church”

Question 6

anarchy

Answer 6

“rule of the mob”

Question 7

authoritarian rule

Answer 7

dictatorship, military rule, fascism

Question 8

fascism

Answer 8

Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group, a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach.

Question 9

demagogue

Answer 9

a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.

Question 10

direct democracy

Answer 10

laws voted upon by a council of all citizens

Question 11

Magna Carta

Answer 11

“Great Charter” in Latin

Question 12

habeas corpus

Answer 12

makes it illegal for the gov. to hold or imprison individuals without granting them trials

Question 13

parliament

Answer 13

lawmakers appointed by title and / or elected by citizens

Question 14

parliamentary democracy

Answer 14

gov. is formed by the party holding a majority of seats in the parliament