| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Amendment | a change or modification to a constitution |
| legislature | the part of the government that writes laws |
| legislation | a law |
| judiciary | the part of the government that judges and settles disputes |
| Congress | the part of the US Government that makes laws |
| Diet | the name of the legislature of Japan |
| Assembly | a meeting of people to discuss government business |
| principle | a fixed idea that guides people and governments |
| monarchy | a system where kings and queens hand power to their relatives |
| autocracy | rule by one person |
| federal | power is shared by a national and state governments |
| confederation | national government is weak and local governments are strong |
| province | a term for a part of a country, such as in Canada |
| municipal | a city |
| popular | something that comes from the mass of citizens or people |
| de facto | the way things actually are |
| de jure | the way things are supposed to be by law |
| compromise | to make a deal when both sides give in on some conditions |
| civil rights | rights reserved to citizens that governments cannot interfere with |
| democracy | form of government allowing a large number of citizens to participate |
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