| A | B |
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| Heritage | traditions passed down from generation to generation |
| Legislature | a group of people chosen to make laws |
| Charter | document giving permission to create a government/plan of how government should work |
| Tyranny | abuse of power |
| Direct Democracy | form of government in which laws are made dircectly by the citizens |
| Republic | a form of government in which citizens elect representatives to make laws |
| Natural Rights | rights people are born with and no government can take away |
| Separation of Powers | dividing the power of government into branches |
| Compact | a written agreement to make and obey laws for the welfare of the group |
| Ratification | to approve/approval of an amendment to the Constitutiton |
