Term 1 vocab words

Question 1

Congress

Answer 1

the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution.

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

The executive branch executes, or enforces the law.

Question 3

Legislative Branch

Answer 3

The Legislative branch creates laws.

Question 4

Judicial Branch

Answer 4

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

Question 5

President

Answer 5

The elected head of a republican state. The man in charge of a country.

Question 6

Vice-President

Answer 6

An official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president

Question 7

Census

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Supreme Court

Answer 8

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court of the United States

Question 9

House of Representatives

Answer 9

U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws. Where laws are made and passed.

Question 10

Senate

Answer 10

An assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.

Question 11

Liberalism

Answer 11

The principles and practices of a liberal party in politics.

Question 12

Conservatism

Answer 12

The principles and practices of political conservatives.

Question 13

Checks and Balances

Answer 13

Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview.

Question 14

Democracy

Answer 14

government by the people. A government being adjusted by the people that live in the country.

Question 15

Politics

Answer 15

use of intrigue or strategy in obtaining any position of power or control

Question 16

Republican

Answer 16

of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.

Question 17

Democrat

Answer 17

works for the people

Question 18

Election

Answer 18

the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.

Question 19

Voting Rights

Answer 19

The right to vote , no matter your color,race, or sex.

Question 20

Electoral College

Answer 20

A complex system that is used to elect the president

Question 21

Constitution

Answer 21

The fundamental law of the United States, drafted in Philadelphia in 1787 ( see Constitutional Convention ), ratified in 1788, and put into effect in 1789. It established a strong central government in place of the Articles of Confederation.

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