Types of Government
Its Your Right! (Bill of Rights)
Civics Vocabulary
Types of Laws
Political Parties
100

A government where one person is in complete control.

What is an autocracy?

100

Freedom of religion.

What is the First Amendment?

100

A formal indication of a choice, usually during political elections.

What is a vote?

100

 A court case that involves a lawsuit for money or property.

What is a civil case?

100

This political party supports social programs, such as welfare and unemployment.

What are democrats?

200

A type of government where a group of people are in charge.

What is an oligarchy?

200

No double jeopardy.

What is the Fifth Amendment?

200

Not included.

What is excluded or exclusion?

200

A court case that involves any situation that took place in the military.

What is military law?

200

This political party does not believe in gun control measures.

What are republicans?

300

In this type of government the citizens elect someone to make decisions for them.

What is a representative democracy?

300

Rights not necessarily written in the constitution that you may still have.

What is the Ninth Amendment?

300

                                                                                        This organization oversees trade among nations.

What is the WTO or World Trade Organization?

300

This type of case occurs when the state brings charges against someone for breaking the law.

What is criminal law?

300

This political party believes in spending more money on military defense.

What are republicans?

400

A government that has the citizens share all the things they have.

What is socialism?

400

State Rights.

What is the Tenth Amendment?

400

Re-drawing boundary lines in order to rig an election, be careful it's illegal.

What is Gerrymandering?

400

The earliest example of written code, written in Babylonia.

What was the Code of Hammurabi?

400

This political party believes that the constitution of the United States was written with the principles of the Christian Bible in mind.

What is the Constitution party?

500
Any government with a king or a queen.

What is a monarchy?

500

Juries in civil trials that consist of more than $20.

What is the Seventh Amendment?

500

Government decisions regarding anything that happens within the borders of that particular country.

What is domestic policy?

500

An English system of law, based on court decisions that were previously made rather than legal code.

What is common law?

500

The current president of the United States belongs to which political party?

What is the republican party?