7th - 9th Grade: Vocab Words to Remember

Question 1

This term is the formal accusation of serious misconduct against a government official, Give the name for this process which was brought against presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump

Answer 1

Impeachment

Question 2

Give the word beginning with a “T” that refers to a person who occupies another person’s house, apartment, room, etc. in exchange for rent

Answer 2

Tenant

Question 3

What is the legal term that refers to one who is accused or sued in a court of law?

Answer 3

Defendant

Question 4

What economics term means the degree to which changes in price results in changes in supply or demand for goods and services?

Answer 4

Elasticity

Question 5

What is the expanded version of the word “deli”?

Answer 5

Delicatessen

Question 6

What is the expanded version of the word coed?

Answer 6

Coeducational

Question 7

What is the expanded version of the word “lunch”?

Answer 7

Luncheon

Question 8

What is the expanded version of the word “condo”?

Answer 8

Condominium

Question 9

What seven letter word beginning with an “E” refers to a government order that restricts trade or the shipment of goods?

Answer 9

Embargo

Question 10

What is the legal term for the decision of “guilty” or “not guilty” by a judge or a jury

Answer 10

Verdict

Question 11

What is the legal term for the release from prison before one’s sentence is finished

Answer 11

Parole

Question 12

What is the legal term for persons selected to hear evidence and render a decision

Answer 12

Jury

Question 13

What is the name of the executive department of the U/S/ federal government that has a mission to protect U.S. citizens and property from terrorist assaults?

Answer 13

Homeland Security

Question 14

In the U.S.S. Arizona, what Unitdoes U.S.S. stand for?

Answer 14

United States Ship

Question 15

What term refers to money that is paid for the use of someone’s else’s money, such as when an individual borrows money from the bank?

Answer 15

Interest

Question 16

Graphology is the study of what?

Answer 16

Handwriting

Question 17

What is the name of an individual that parks cars for patrons at a hotel or restaurant?

Answer 17

Valet (pronounced Val-lay)

Question 18

What royal house was King Henry VIII?

Answer 18

Tudor

Question 19

This word comes from an Arabic word meaning “over the head.” Give this term for the point in the sky that is directly over the head of the observer

Answer 19

Zenith

Question 20

What name is given to information designed to affect public opinion, often to promote or attack a movement, person or cause?

Answer 20

Propaganda

Question 21

What is the term for a series of columns which hold up a roof or beam?

Answer 21

Colonnade

Question 22

What is the term for one of the unusually large number of persons born roughly between 1945 - 1965

Answer 22

Baby Boomers

Question 23

Starts with a “B” the act of breaking into a dwelling with intent to commit a felony

Answer 23

Burglary

Question 24

Starts with an “A” an ancient counting device

Answer 24

Abacus

Question 25

What day of the week is referred to as "sabado" in Spanish?

Answer 25

Saturday

Question 26

What is the branch of the U.S. Treasury Department whose work includes the protection of the President

Answer 26

Secret Service

Question 27

What is the meaning of M-A-R as used in the word "marine"

Answer 27

Sea

Question 28

What is the meaning of the root word T-H-E-O as used in the word "monotheism"

Answer 28

God

Question 29

What is the name of the executive department responsible for conducting the census?

Answer 29

Department of Commerce

Question 30

What term referred to a member of the lowest feudal class, who was required to perform labor in return for certain legal or customary rights?

Answer 30

Serf

Question 31

What is the name of the system that the founders of the United States build into our governing structure to guarantee the separation of powers?

Answer 31

Checks and Balances

Question 32

What is the name of the ancient Chinese puzzle that has seven pieces that fit together to form one large square?

Answer 32

Tangram

Question 33

What organization, with the initials AKC, registers over one million pedigreed dogs each year?

Answer 33

American Kennel Club

Question 34

Everyone has USB ports. What does USB stand for?

Answer 34

Universal Serial Bus

Question 35

What is a one-hundred year celebration called?

Answer 35

Centennial

Question 36

What does a lexicographer write, compile or edit?

Answer 36

Dictionary

Question 37

What professional sport is the Calder Trophy given to the rookie of the year?

Answer 37

Hockey

Question 38

What is the name of the small instrument sometimes called the "mouth organ"

Answer 38

Harmonica

Question 39

What is the name of the branch of philosophy that deals with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation?

Answer 39

Ethics

Question 40

What term refers to words intended to stimulate one's memory, such as using Roy G. Biv to remember the colors of the rainbow?

Answer 40

Mnemonic Device

Question 41

What legal term refers to a crime that is less serious than a felony

Answer 41

Misdemeanor

Question 42

This Act, passed in 1917, requires all men of certain ages to register for the draft?

Answer 42

Selective Service Act

Question 43

What name is given to an art medium in which paint is applied to a wall spread with wet plaster?

Answer 43

Fresco

Question 44

Which amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to a fair trial?

Answer 44

6th

Question 45

This term refers to refers to a member of the demographically large generation born between the end of WWII and the mid-1960s.

Answer 45

Baby Boomers

Question 46

This term is typically used to describe the generation of Americans born between 1965 and 1980, although some sources used slightly different ranges. It has sometimes been called the “middle child” generation, as it follows the well-known baby boomer generation and precedes the millennial generation

Answer 46

Generation X or Gen-X

Question 47

What is the name of the pledge made by doctors to "do no harm"?

Answer 47

Hippocratic Oath