BORDERS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
A line that separates one place from another (a country, state, or region).
Border
Limited Government
A government whose power is restricted by laws or a constitution.
Government where people have the power.
Democracy
Freedoms people have (speech, religion, trial by jury, etc.).
Rights
A group of people with similar ideas about government (Democrats, Republicans, etc.).
Political Party
Countries talking to solve problems peacefully.
Diplomacy
Unlimited Government
A government where leaders have total power with almost no rules.
Representative Democracy
People elect leaders to make decisions for them.
Things citizens should do (obey laws, pay taxes, go to school until 16, jury duty).
Responsibilities
What many people think about an issue.
Public Opinion
A country’s plan for dealing with other countries.
Foreign Policy
Totalitarian Government
A type of unlimited government where the leader controls EVERYTHING (news, speech, jobs).
A country that makes its own laws and decisions.
Sovereign Nation
Jury Duty
Serving on a jury in a court case when called.
Ways people get information (TV, internet, newspaper, radio).
Media
United Nations
A group of countries working together to keep peace and help with world problems.
The rulebook that limits the government’s power.
Constitution
Presidential Democracy
People vote for a president (U.S. system).
Money citizens pay to the government for services (schools, roads, fire dept).
Taxes
Only showing positive stories about a leader and hiding all the negative ones.
Propaganda
Humanitarian Aid
Help given to people during disasters or wars (food, water, medicine, shelter).
When the government controls what people can say, read, or see.
Censorship
Parliamentary Democracy
People vote for Parliament, and Parliament chooses the prime minister (most countries).
Required actions citizens must do (obey laws, attend school, pay taxes, serve on juries).
Civic Duties
Mass Media
Ways information is spread to lots of people at once (TV, websites, newspapers, radio).