Social Studies #1

2. Type of government where power is limited by the Constitution.
6. Government headed by religious figures
8. Each branch of government exercises checks or controls over the other branches.
11. Basic document written in 1215 that states liberties guaranteed to the English people. Its principles were used in the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
14. Type of government where no limits are imposed on the ruler's authority.
15. How people in a region live, behave, and think. The knowledge, customs, beliefs, and values of a group.
16. __________ Amendment - Double jeopardy, cannot be a witness against yourself.
17. Citizens of the United States are guaranteed rights under the Constitution, state constitutions, and federal law.
18. Power is divided between central government and smaller governments.
19. Government power is divided between 3 branches.
20. __________ Amendment - Freedom of speech, religion, & press.
21. specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture.
22. __________ Amendment - Right to bear arms.

1. __________ Amendment - No cruel or unusual punishments.
3. first used by Ancient Greece.
4. The government may hold only the powers granted to it by the US Constitution.
5. widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and Europe in the 15th & 16th centuries.
7. Single person taking over by force.
9. A government in which people rule.
10. In a republic, people exercise their power by electing representatives to serve in government and make decisions on their behalf.
12. the process where one culture will adapt elements of another culture.
13. Headed by a single ruler, by succession (king or emperor)