Global Citizenship

Question 1

Congress

Answer 1

the national legislative body of a country.

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

The executive branch of the government is responsible for carrying out, or executing, the laws. The key member of the executive branch of the United States government is the President.

Question 3

Legislative Branch

Answer 3

The legislative branch is the part of the United States government that creates laws.

Question 4

Judicial Branch

Answer 4

The judicial branch includes criminal and civil courts and helps interpret the United States Constitution

Question 5

President

Answer 5

the elected head of a republican state.

Question 6

Vice-President

Answer 6

an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.

Question 7

Census

Answer 7

an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.

Question 8

House of Representatives

Answer 8

The lower house of the United States Congress. With 435 popularly elected officials, the House (as it is often called) is the most representative body in the federal government.

Question 9

Senate

Answer 9

the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress, most US states, France, and other countries.

Question 10

Liberalism

Answer 10

a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.

Question 11

Conservatism

Answer 11

A general preference for the existing order of society, and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change.

Question 12

Checks and Balances

Answer 12

counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.

Question 13

Democracy

Answer 13

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Question 14

Politics

Answer 14

the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.

Question 15

Republican

Answer 15

(of a form of government, constitution, etc.) belonging to, or characteristic of a republic.

Question 16

Democrat

Answer 16

an advocate or supporter of democracy.

Question 17

Election

Answer 17

a formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.

Question 18

Voting Rights

Answer 18

A law passed at the time of the civil rights movement. It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people.

Question 19

Electoral College

Answer 19

a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

Question 20

Constitution

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Constitutional

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Veto

Answer 22

a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

Question 23

Supreme Court

Answer 23

the highest judicial court in a country or state.