| A | B |
| Aristocrats | A group of wealthy people. |
| Civic Virtue | Citizens put their countries needs before their own. |
| Common Good | Good for all of the people in the community. |
| Delegate | To trust a person to represent your interests. |
| Direct Democracy | People write laws and run the government themselves. |
| Faction | A small group within a larger group. |
| Representatives | A person elected to act and speak for others. |
| Representative Democracy | A government where people elect officials to write and carry out laws. |
| Republic | A country that has a government made up of officials elected by the people. |
| Republican Government | A system of government where voters have the power to choose their government officials. |
| Autocratic or Dictatorial Government | A government where one ruler or a group of rulers have all of the power. |
| Constitution | A set of laws that organizes government. |
| Constitutional Government | A government where the ruler's powers are limited by the constitution. |
| Higher Law | The most powerful set of laws, they overrule all other laws. |
| Limits | The things that government can't do. |
| Monarchy | A government with a single ruler such as a king or queen. |
| Private Domain | Private life from the government. |