Quizlet Constitution and Government Part 2

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  1. Bill of Rights: amendments in the US Constitution where many individual rights are protected
  2. Bundestag: the name of the German legislature
  3. Parliament: the name of the British and French legislatures
  4. Supreme Court: the highest level of the US court system
  5. The "State": the term that refers to the "Government"
  6. autocrat: a single ruler who does not share power with a legislature
  7. boundary: a limit
  8. city: an area smaller than a state that has a dense population and official boundaries
  9. constitution: an organized plan for the way government functions
  10. constitutional monarch: a king or queen who is without power and is for ceremonial purposes only
  11. dictator: a solitary, harsh leader who does not share power
  12. executive: the part of the government that carries out the law
  13. monarch: a king or queen or other ruler who receives power from a relative
  14. population: the civilians living in an area
  15. preamble: the introduction paragraph of the US Constitution
  16. precedent: to do something in government or law the same way it was done in the past
  17. representative: a person who is chosen to speak and vote for a large group of people
  18. republic: a government with elected officials
  19. revolution: to change a government system, often by force
  20. state: a section of a country, such as in the USA or Mexico or Brasil