Ancient Greece | Ancient Rome | England | Important Vocabulary and Ideas | Mystery |
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Democracy
What kind of government did Greece have?
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What is
What did people vote for in ancient Rome?
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A person whose job it is to decide if you are guilty in court
What is a judge?
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Freedom
What is another word for liberty?
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1776
What year did the United States become a country?
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Laws
What did people vote for in ancient Greece?
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Written laws and representative democracy
What ideas did we borrow from ancient Rome?
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law and order, limits on government, and representative government
What were the three ideas the United States borrowed from England?
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To vote or choose them
What does it mean to elect someone?
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Government
What term means the control or organization of a country and its people?
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to vote or choose
What does the term 'elect' mean?
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Veto
What term means to forbid or stop an act of government?
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colony
Before the United States became a country, it was a __________ of England.
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Laws
What term means a body of official rules of a country that must be obeyed?
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Freedom of speech and freedom of religion
What are two freedoms that we talked about in class?
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Adult, free men
Who could vote in ancient Greece?
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Senate
What is the name of one of Rome's governing bodies?
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Magna Carta
What was the document called that limited the power of England's kings?
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A government of a country by its people
What does the term democracy mean?
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the U.S. Constitution
What do you call the document that lists all of the United State's laws?
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A person that has complete power to rule over others
What does the term "dictator" mean?
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Republic
What is another term for 'representative democracy'?
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1215
What year did King John sign the document that limited his power?
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Rome and England
Which two countries used representative democracy as a form of government?
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
What are the words to the Pledge of Allegiance?
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