term 1 global citizenship vocabulary list

Question 1

congress

Answer 1

the lawmaking body of the United States

Question 2

Executive branch

Answer 2

the branch of the national government that enforces the laws passed by congress

Question 3

legislative branch

Answer 3

dealing with law making

Question 4

judicial branch

Answer 4

dealing with justice and courts of law

Question 5

president

Answer 5

the head of the executive branch of the United States government

Question 6

vice-president

Answer 6

an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president’s absence.

Question 7

census

Answer 7

an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.

Question 8

supreme court

Answer 8

the highest court of the U.S.

Question 9

house of representatives

Answer 9

the house of congress whose members are elected according to the population of each state

Question 10

senate

Answer 10

the house of congress in which there are two senators from each state

Question 11

liberalism

Answer 11

a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties

Question 12

conservatism

Answer 12

the principles and practices of political conservatives

Question 13

checks and balances

Answer 13

the limits placed on each branch of government by the other branches

Question 14

democracy

Answer 14

a form of government in which laws are made by the people or their representatives

Question 15

politics

Answer 15

the science or art of political government

Question 16

republican

Answer 16

a person who favors a republican form of government

Question 17

democrat

Answer 17

a person who believes in the political or social equality of all people

Question 18

election

Answer 18

the selection of a person or persons for office by vote

Question 19

voting rights

Answer 19

rights a person withholds when voting

Question 20

electoral college

Answer 20

a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S.

Question 21

constitution

Answer 21

the basic rules according to which a country or state is governed

Question 22

constitutional

Answer 22

of or relating to the constitution of a state, organization, etc.

Question 23

veto

Answer 23

the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature