Term 1

Question 1

Congress

Answer 1

the national legislative body of a country

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

the government is responsible for carrying out, or executing, the laws.

Question 3

Legislative Branch

Answer 3

government that creates laws

Question 4

Judicial Branch

Answer 4

Criminal and civil courts and helps interpret the United States Constitution

Question 5

President

Answer 5

head of state

Question 6

Vice-President

Answer 6

A ranking below the president

Question 7

census

Answer 7

an official count or survey of a population

Question 8

Supreme Court

Answer 8

the highest judicial court in a country or state

Question 9

House of Representatives

Answer 9

The lower house of the United States Congress

Question 10

Senate

Answer 10

any of various legislative or governing bodies,

Question 11

liberalism

Answer 11

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

Question 12

conservatism

Answer 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

Answer 13

counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated,

Question 14

democracy

Answer 14

control of an organization or group by the majority of its members

Question 15

politics

Answer 15

the academic study of government and the state

Question 16

Republican

Answer 16

a member or supporter of the Republican Party

Question 17

Democrat

Answer 17

relating to, or supporting democracy or its principles

Question 18

election

Answer 18

a formal and organized process of electing

Question 19

voting rights

Answer 19

It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people.

Question 20

Electoral College

Answer 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

Answer 21

a body of fundamental principles

Question 22

constitutional

Answer 22

relating to an established set of principles governing a state.

Question 23

veto

Answer 23

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