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Civics flashcard set covering government structure, democracy, amendments, and constitutional terms for Grade 7.
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This 39-card civics flashcard set covers government fundamentals and democratic principles for seventh graders. Topics span checks and balances, amendment procedures, bicameral legislatures, types of government systems, and constitutional concepts like the elastic clause and habeas corpus. Use it for vocabulary review, civics test preparation, or self-study of government and citizenship.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Civics
Grade Level:
7th Grade
Updated November 2025

Terms in This Set

  • abdicate
  • aliens
  • ambassador
  • amendment
  • authoritarian
  • bicameral
  • boycott
  • budget
  • checks and balances
  • common law
  • community
  • delegate
  • democracy
  • dictatorship
  • direct democracy
  • Elastic clause
  • ex post facto laws
  • government
  • House of Representatives
  • immigrant
  • implied powers
  • insurrection
  • majority rule
  • monarch
  • monarchy
  • national security
  • naturalization certificate
  • popular sovereignty
  • public policy
  • representative democracy
  • republic
  • responsibility
  • Senate
  • the rule of law
  • totalitarian
  • veto
  • gerrymandering
  • writ of habaeus corpus
  • cloture

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