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Civics + Citizenship Key Terms (Government (Democracy a system of…
Civics + Citizenship Key Terms
Law
A rule that is made to protect.
Common Law
A law made by judges relating to previous events.
Precedent
an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
Statue Law
Law made by the Parliament.
Delegated Law
Law making responsibilities are to government agencies.
Bill
A law that has been written and needs to go through
parliament.
Right
Some thing that somebody is entitled to.
Government
Local Government
Local Government is in charge of town planning, rubbish collection, water and sewage, local roads and pet control.
State Government
State Government is in charge of schools, housing and hospitals, roads and railways, police and ambulance services.
Federal Government
Federal Government collect taxes and use it for trade, defence, immigration and for the environment.
Democracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Direct Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Representative
Constitution
a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organisation is acknowledged to be governed.
Colonisation
the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
"Terra Nullius"
Land that is legally deemed to be unoccupied or uninhabited. In Australia the question of whether British colonisers had regarded the continent as Terra Nullius at the time of the original settlement, and, if so, whether this was a proper designation, was at the centre of several important legal cases in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries.
Federation
a group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs.
Black Death
Yersinia Pestis
A bacteria, which causes the Black Death.
Epidemic
A largely spread disease, which is infectous
Four Humours
The Four Humours are yellow bile, black bile, blood and phlegm.
Corroborate
Coming from multiple sources to support a statement or theory.