| A | B |
|---|
| anarchy | government with no leaders |
| monarchy | ruled by same family members for hundred of years |
| dictatorship | a country run by someone who tool power by force |
| direct democracy | when every citizen votes on every decision |
| senators & representatives | members of Congress |
| veto | when the President refuses to sign a bill |
| override a veto | when 2/3 Congress votes for a bill after the President vetoes it |
| Senate | conducts impeachment trials |
| sovereign | when a state has complete power to rule itself |
| John Locke | believed that the gov't should be changed if didn't protect people's rights |
| Judicial Branch | can declare laws to be unconstitutional |
| checks and balances | each branch is subject to a number of restraints by other branches |
