Global Citizenship Vocabulary

Question 1

Congress

Answer 1

1.The national legislative body of a country.

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

2.Part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws.

Question 3

Legislative Branch

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3.Part of the United States government that creates laws

Question 4

Judicial Branch

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

Question 5

President

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5.The elected head of a republican state.

Question 6

Vice-President

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6.An official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.

Question 7

census

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

Question 8

Supreme Court

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8.The highest judicial court in a country or state

Question 9

House of Representatives

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9.The lower house of the United States Congress.The House it is the most representative body in the federal government.

Question 10

Senate

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10.Any of various legislative or governing bodies, in particular.

Question 11

liberalism

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

Question 12

conservatism

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

Question 13

checks and balances

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13.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 14

democracy

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14.A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.

Question 15

politics

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15. 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 16

Republican

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16.Government has more say

Question 17

Democrat

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17.The people have a say

Question 18

election

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

Question 19

voting rights

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19.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 20

Electoral College

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

Question 21

Constitution

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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

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22.Relating to an established set of principles governing a state.

Question 23

veto

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23. To reject