Government Ch 1-4

Question 1

Congressional act admitting a territory as a State

Answer 1

act of admission

Question 2

system of overlapping powers in the executive , legislative , and judicial branches to keep one branch from becoming too powerful

Answer 2

checks and balances

Question 3

powers that are exercised by both the State and Federal governments

Answer 3

concurrent powers

Question 4

Constitution’s requirement that each State accept the public acts , records , and judicial proceedings of every other State

Answer 4

Full Faith and Credit

Question 5

formal agreement between or among States authorized by the Constitution

Answer 5

interstate compacts

Question 6

the power of the courts to declare a law unconstitutional

Answer 6

judicial review

Question 7

principle of American government that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three separate branches

Answer 7

separation of powers

Question 8

principle that government must be conducted according to constitutional principles

Answer 8

constitutionalism

Question 9

those powers granted to the Federal government by the Constitution

Answer 9

delegated powers

Question 10

Congressional act that directs a territory in writing its constitution

Answer 10

enabling act

Question 11

powers of the Federal government that can be reasonably construed from the expressed powers

Answer 11

implied powers

Question 12

principle that government may only do those things the people have given it the power to do

Answer 12

limited government

Question 13

those powers held by the States

Answer 13

reserved powers

Question 14

principle that all power begins with the people

Answer 14

popular sovereignty

Question 15

those powers traditionally held by government

Answer 15

inherent powers

Question 16

principle belief that the government and its officers are subject to the law never above the law

Answer 16

rule of law

Question 17

pact made by the president with the head of a foreign state

Answer 17

executive agreement

Question 18

the powers of the Federal government spelled out in the Constitution in so many words

Answer 18

expressed powers

Question 19

changes or additions that become part of the written language of the Constitution

Answer 19

amendments

Question 20

powers that can only be exercised by the Federal governmen

Answer 20

exclusive powers

Question 21

legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to it from another State

Answer 21

extradition

Question 22

the division of power among a central government and several regional governments

Answer 22

federalism