Government Final Review

Question 1

bicameral

Answer 1

a relative two house body

Question 2

session

Answer 2

legislature comes together to do work

Question 3

gerrymander

Answer 3

to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections

Question 4

incumbent

Answer 4

elected official in office

Question 5

Expressed powers

Answer 5

powers directly stated in the Constitution

Question 6

implied powers

Answer 6

powers the government needs to carry out expressed powers

Question 7

Revenue bills

Answer 7

a law proposed to raise money

Question 8

appropriations bill

Answer 8

a proposed law to authorize spending money

Question 9

Authorization bills

Answer 9

a bill that sets up a federal program and specifies how much money may be appropriated for the program

Question 10

private bill

Answer 10

a bill dealing with individual people or places

Question 11

public bill

Answer 11

a bill dealing with general matters and applying to the entire nation

Question 12

interstate commerce

Answer 12

trade among the states

Question 13

Bills

Answer 13

a proposed law

Question 14

rider

Answer 14

a provision included in a bill on a subject other than the one covered in the bill

Question 15

pork barrel legislation

Answer 15

laws passed by Congress that appropriate money for local federal projects

Question 16

executive order

Answer 16

a rule issued by the president that has the force of law

Question 17

executive privilege

Answer 17

the right of the president and other high ranking executive officers to refuse to testify before Congress or a court

Question 18

cabinet

Answer 18

secretaries that help the president

Question 19

Marbury vs. Madison

Answer 19

established judicial review

Question 20

due process

Answer 20

people cannot be deprived of their rights without a trial

Question 21

Judicial circuits

Answer 21

12 judicial regions each with one appellate court

Question 22

indictments

Answer 22

a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime

Question 23

Grand jury

Answer 23

a jury of 16 to 23 people, works with prosecutor

Question 24

Petit jury

Answer 24

6-12 people

Question 25

per curiam

Answer 25

a brief, unsigned statement of the court’s decision

Question 26

Amicus curiae

Answer 26

friends of the court who offer testimonies

Question 27

briefs

Answer 27

written arguments and facts from the attorney

Question 28

writ of certiorari

Answer 28

an order from the Court to lower courts to send documents up for review

Question 29

stare decisis

Answer 29

ruling based off of precedent

Question 30

tort law

Answer 30

civil law

Question 31

congressional apportionment

Answer 31

process by which seats in the house are redistributed based on their population, after each census

Question 32

house rules

Answer 32

etiquette within the house

Question 33

nonlegislative powers

Answer 33

power in the legislative branch is balanced by executive and judicial powers

Question 34

resolution

Answer 34

a measure that requires the approval of the president

Question 35

earmarks

Answer 35

legislative provision that sends funds to or cuts taxes on a certain project