Chapter 6 - The Executive Branch

Question 1

State of the Union Address

Answer 1

President’s speech about policies

Question 2

foreign policy

Answer 2

plan for dealing with other countries

Question 3

diplomacy

Answer 3

the art of interacting with foreign governments

Question 4

treaties

Answer 4

written agreements between countries

Question 5

pardon

Answer 5

Pres. (or governor) forgiving a person and freeing that person from their sentence

Question 6

commutation

Answer 6

reducing a person’s sentence

Question 7

secretary

Answer 7

an official who heads a department in the government

Question 8

attorney general

Answer 8

the chief legal officer (hint: attorney»legal)

Question 9

ambassadors

Answer 9

the highest-ranking officials representing a foreign country

Question 10

embassy

Answer 10

where the ambassador lives

Question 11

consul

Answer 11

works to promote U.S. commercial $ interests in a foreign country

Question 12

consulate

Answer 12

the office of a consul

Question 13

passports

Answer 13

documents that allow U.S. citizens to travel

Question 14

visas

Answer 14

documents that allow people from one country to visit another country

Question 15

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Answer 15

high-ranking officers from the army, navy, and air force that advise the president

Question 16

Department of Homeland Security

Answer 16

established after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, to protect the US from terrorist attacks

Question 17

independent agencies

Answer 17

help enforce laws and regulations not covered by other departments

Question 18

regulatory commission

Answer 18

can make rules and regulations & bring violations to court

Question 19

bureaucracy

Answer 19

the many departments and agencies of the government

Question 20

reprieve

Answer 20

a postponement of a prison sentence

Question 21

presidential succession

Answer 21

order in which office will be filled if it becomes vacant