Omaha Social Studies Academic List

Peter Griffin (United States of America)
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  1. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  2. democracy
    the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  3. federalism
    government divided between central and regional powers
  4. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  5. medium
    the surrounding environment
  6. college
    an institution of higher education
    Electoral College
  7. legislation
    the act of making or enacting laws
  8. balance
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
  9. elastic
    capable of resuming shape after stretching or compression
  10. clause
    a separate section of a legal document
  11. faith
    complete confidence in a person or plan, etc.
  12. sovereignty
    the authority of a state to govern another state
  13. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities
    Social-Contract
  14. contract
    a binding agreement that is enforceable by law
    Social-Contract
  15. supreme
    greatest in status or authority or power
  16. court
    an assembly to conduct judicial business
  17. veto
    a vote that blocks a decision
  18. advocacy
    active support of an idea or cause
  19. judicial
    expressing careful judgment
  20. review
    look at again; examine again
  21. gerrymander
    divide voting districts unfairly and to one's advantage
  22. liberal
    showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  23. conservative
    resistant to change
  24. lobbyist
    someone who is employed to persuade how legislators vote
  25. political
    involving or characteristic of governing or social power
  26. dictatorship
    a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
  27. communism
    a theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
  28. socialism
    a political theory advocating state ownership of industry
  29. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  30. monarchy
    autocracy governed by a ruler who usually inherits authority
  31. republic
    a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
  32. theocracy
    a political unit governed by a deity
  33. representative
    serving to typify
  34. confederation
    the state of being allied
  35. civil
    of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
  36. liberty
    freedom of choice
  37. constitution
    the act of forming or establishing something
  38. right
    free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
  39. amendment
    a statement that is added to a proposal or document
  40. article
    one of a class of artifacts
  41. precedence
    status established in order of importance or urgency
  42. succession
    the action or process of taking over an office or position
  43. term
    a limited period of time during which something lasts
  44. limit
    as far as something can go
  45. declaration
    a statement that is emphatic and explicit
  46. independence
    freedom from control or influence of another or others
  47. primary
    of first rank or importance or value
  48. delegate
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
  49. election
    a vote choosing the winner of a position or political office
  50. convention
    the act of meeting formally
  51. corpus
    a collection of writings
  52. unilateralism
    a doctrine that nations should conduct affairs individually
  53. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  54. governor
    the head of a state authority
  55. independent
    free from external control and constraint
  56. council
    a body serving in an administrative capacity
  57. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  58. campaign
    related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  59. propaganda
    information that is spread to promote some cause
  60. pork barrel
    appropriations designed to ingratiate constituents
  61. impeachment
    the act of charging an official with an offense committed while in office
  62. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  63. restraint
    the act of controlling by holding someone or something back
  64. referendum
    a legislative act referred for approval to a popular vote
  65. recall
    bring to mind
  66. ratification
    making something valid by formally confirming it
  67. unconstitutional
    not consistent with or according to fundamental laws
  68. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  69. slander
    words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
  70. defamation
    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  71. capital
    a seat of government
    Capital-Punishment
Created on Fri Mar 21 13:01:23 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Mar 21 13:04:31 EDT 2014)

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