Quizlet Constitution and Government PART 1

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