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Civics

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relating to a town or a place

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community

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a group of people living in the same place or town.

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government

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a governing body of a state or community.

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direct democracy

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when the people decide on what to do without a ruler and everyone agree’s.

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representative

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a class group or a body or opinion

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representative democracy

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a form of democracy that people vote for representatives who vote on policy initiatives.

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monarchy

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a form of government with a someone in charge

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oligarchy

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a small group of people that’s in-charge of country.

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majority

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when something goes smoothly.

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minority

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someone or something that’s under privileged

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autocracy

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a society governed by one person with all/absolute power.

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acommunism

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when the government owns everything the people have.

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socialism

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to spread wealth more evenly and to treat all people fairly.

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Totalitarianism

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a type of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens.

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Head of Government

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the single person who is in charged of the system of creating and executing laws.

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Citizen Participation

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the citizen are actively involved in activities

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Voting

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people coming together for the purpose of making a collective decisions.

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Legislature

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a group of people within a government that makes the laws.

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Anarchy

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absence of government. a state of lawlessness

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Tyranny

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