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A kind of democracy in which the goals of the government and the ways it will work to achieve them are written in the constitution
Constitutional Democracy
helpful for all citizens as a group
Common good
native to a place
Indigenous
a group of people involved in government who try to get others to agree with their ideas and who choose leaders who share the group's point of view
Political Party
an addition or change to a document
Amendment
acting or speaking on behalf of someone or something
Representation
a form of government in which the citizens elect representatives to make and enforce laws
Republic
the culture and customs of people decended from Europeans
Western
unfair treatment because of race or for other reasons
Discrimination
what people are willing to pay for a product or service
Market price
describes a society where people share common cultural traits while also maintaining many of the traditional ways of their ancestors
Pluralistic
an official statement
Declaration
connected to or bordering another unit such as a state
Contiguous
low land that lies along the coast
Coastal Plain
the ability to read and write
Literacy
a low, wet area where trees and bushes grow, usually covered by shallow water at least part of the year
Swamp
the central authority in a federation of states
Federal Government
a swampy grassland, such as in southern Florida
Everglades
a person who comes to live in a country from another country
Immigrant
freedom to rule oneself
Independence
a shortage
Deficit
a document that describes a plan for governing
Constitution
group of department heads who advise a nation's chief executive
Cabinet
a sudden, complete change in government
Revolution
the governing system in which citizens elect people to make laws and decisions for them
Representative Democracy