Year 8 Revolution Democracy Glossary

Question 1

AUTOCRACY

Answer 1

Government by one person who has absolute power

Question 2

CAPITALISM

Answer 2

Economic system where trade/business is owned privately for profit

Question 3

CHARTISM

Answer 3

Working class political movement

Question 4

COMMUNISM

Answer 4

A social system where the community owns all and each person receives according to need

Question 5

CONSTITUENCY

Answer 5

An area of people who can vote

Question 6

CONSTITUTION

Answer 6

A set of rules to govern a country

Question 7

DEMOCRACY

Answer 7

People have a say in how their country is run

Question 8

DICTATORSHIP

Answer 8

A country run by one person and the people have no say

Question 9

DICTATOR

Answer 9

One person having complete control in a country

Question 10

ECONOMIC

Answer 10

To do with money and finance e.g. trade, jobs, business, taxation

Question 11

ELECTION

Answer 11

An organised vote for a person or political party

Question 12

FASCIST

Answer 12

A form of far-right authoritarian rule that believes in the importance of national identity.

Question 13

MASSACRE

Answer 13

Deliberate killing of a mass of people

Question 14

MARXISM

Answer 14

The political, economic and social ideas of Karl Marx

Question 15

MONARCHY

Answer 15

Government with a king/queen

Question 16

POLITICAL

Answer 16

To do with government and power

Question 17

REPUBLIC

Answer 17

When all power is held by the people with no monarchy

Question 18

REVOLUTION

Answer 18

Overthrow of a government or social order

Question 19

SECULAR

Answer 19

No connection with religion or the church

Question 20

SOCIAL

Answer 20

Relating to society or its people

Question 21

SOCIALISM

Answer 21

A system where society controls the economy for its own benefit

Question 22

TAX

Answer 22

Money that has to be paid to government

Question 23

TERRORISM

Answer 23

Using violence against the government or the people for political aims

Question 24

TSAR

Answer 24

Ruler/monarch of Russia

Question 25

VOTE

Answer 25

To choose a political representative in an election

Question 26

WORKING CLASS

Answer 26

Social group of people in manual labour