Global Citizenship

Question 1

Congress

Answer 1

the national legislative body of a country

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs

Question 3

Legislative Branch

Answer 3

the branch of government having the power to make laws

Question 4

Judicial Branch

Answer 4

the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice

Question 5

President

Answer 5

the highest executive officer of a modern republic

Question 6

Vice-President

Answer 6

an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president´s presence

Question 7

Census

Answer 7

an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.

Question 8

Supreme Court

Answer 8

the highest court of the US

Question 9

House of Representatives

Answer 9

the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies, as in the United States, Mexico, and Japa

Question 10

Senate

Answer 10

an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.

Question 11

Liberalism

Answer 11

the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.

Question 12

Conservatism

Answer 12

the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.

Question 13

Checks and Balances

Answer 13

limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview.

Question 14

Democracy

Answer 14

when the people have the saying

Question 15

Politics

Answer 15

the science or art of political government

Question 16

Republican

Answer 16

one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Question 17

Democrat

Answer 17

a person who believes in the political or social equality of all people.

Question 18

Election

Answer 18

the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.

Question 19

Voting rights

Answer 19

a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

Question 20

Electoral College

Answer 20

institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years.

Question 21

Constitution

Answer 21

a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

Question 22

Constitutional

Answer 22

of or relating to an established set of principles governing a state.

Question 23

Veto

Answer 23

he power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.