1. Chapter 7 Vocabulary Review

2. lawmaking branch of government Legislative

3. to match up in size Proportional

4. a two-house legislature Bicameral

5. part of the Constitution Article

6. to approve Ratify

7. a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives Republic

8. something added to a legal document Amendment

9. to make a formal written request Petition

10. special group of presidential electors Electoral College

11. a law Ordinance

12. Limits to ensure that no single branch of the government dominate the government Checks and Balances

13. branch of government headed by the president that carries out laws and policies Executive

14. the freeing of individual enslaved persons Manumission

15. court system that interprets the laws Judicial

16. a plan of government Constitution

17. Rules that keep and maintain order in society. Laws

18. sharing power between federal and state governments Federalism

19. A group of states under a weak central government Confederation

20. The people vote directly to make the government’s decisions/laws Direct Democracy

21. King or Queen rules absolutely; no one can challenge their power. Power is passed directly to their children. Absolute Monarchy

22. King or Queen has power that is limited by the elected representatives of the people. Power is passed directly to their children. Limited (Constitutional) Monarchy

23. One person has all of the power and uses it to deprive others of their personal freedoms – power is held using the military. Dictatorship

24. The person or people who rule and make laws for others. Government

25. A handful of people decide everything. Oligarchy

26. The people elect representatives to make laws for them. Democratic – Republic

27. Absolute control by the central government which doesn’t allow different political beliefs or opinions. Totalitarian

28. The wealthy or noble classes have all the power and make all of the laws Aristocracy