Goal 1 Vocab Quiz #1

Study Notes

Representative Democracy: A form of government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
Common Law: Legal system based on precedent and customs.
Popular Sovereignty: Notion that power lies with the people.
Democracy: Form of government where citizens hold the power to rule.
Direct Democracy: Voting system where citizens make decisions directly.
Authoritarian: Government led by a single leader or group with absolute power.
Legislature: Group of people making laws.
Social Contract: Agreement between government and people for obedience to laws.
Puritans: 16th-century Protestant group demanding simplified doctrine.
Indentured Servants: People agreeing to work in exchange for passage to the New World.
Triangular Trade: Trade pattern between America, Africa, and Europe during colonial times.
Mercantilism: Economic system focusing on favorable balance of trade.
Boycott: Refraining from buying or using products as a form of protest.
Repeal: Act of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
Constitution: Document outlining the US system of government with 7 articles and 27 amendments.
Bicameral: Legislature consisting of two parts, Senate and House of Representatives.
Ratify: Give formal consent to something, like the Constitution.
Great Compromise: Introduced by Roger Sherman, created a bicameral Congress.
Three-Fifths Compromise: Every 5 slaves counted as 3 whites in a state's population.
Electoral College: Body of people casting votes for the President.
Federalism: Breaking the government into Federal and State levels.
Federalists: Supporters of the Constitution.
Citizen: Community member with loyalty to the government and entitled to protection.
Naturalization: Legal process for obtaining citizenship.
Alien: Non-citizen.
Immigrant: Person moving permanently to a new country.
Deport: Sending an alien or immigrant back to their country.
Government: Governing body of a nation, state, or community.
Republic: Representative government, famously known from the Roman Senate.
Monarchy: Government led by a single person, usually by birthright.
Totalitarian: System controlling almost every aspect of people's lives.
Precedent: Ruling used as a basis for a judicial decision.
Natural Rights: Freedoms relating to life, liberty, and property.
Anti-Federalists: People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added.