Term 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Congress

Answer 1

Formal gathering of representatives

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

Oversees the carrying out of laws

Question 3

Legislative Branch

Answer 3

Concerned with the making of the laws

Question 4

Judicial Branch

Answer 4

Concerned with the administration of justice through the interpretation of the law

Question 5

President

Answer 5

The chief executive/officer

Question 6

Vice-President

Answer 6

A person second in command to a president

Question 7

Census

Answer 7

Official population count

Question 8

Supreme Court

Answer 8

The highest federal court in the U.S., and the highest court in any state.

Question 9

House of Representatives

Answer 9

The lower house of the US Congress and of most state legislatures.

Question 10

Senate

Answer 10

Senate is a group of people who make laws and decisions, the upper house of the U.S. Congress/

Question 11

Liberalism

Answer 11

A political philosophy advocating personal freedom for the individual, democratic forms of government, continual reform in political and social institutions, etc.

Question 12

Conservatism

Answer 12

The principles and practices of a conservative person or party; tendency to oppose change in institutions and methods.

Question 13

Checks and Balances

Answer 13

The system of checks and balances affects how the law is made in the U.S.

Question 14

Democracy

Answer 14

form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives.

Question 15

Politics

Answer 15

methods and tactics used to run a government or an organization.

Question 16

Republican

Answer 16

person who identifies with a system of government where the citizens have the ability to choose those who represent them.

Question 17

Democrat

Answer 17

Member of the Democratic political party or someone who believes in equality for all people and ruling by the majority.

Question 18

Election

Answer 18

A choice, particularly a voting.

Question 19

Voting rights

Answer 19

A right to be able to vote regarding skin color, race, etc.

Question 20

Electoral college

Answer 20

Group of people who cast the final votes for the President and Vice President of the United States reflecting the popular votes of the state which each person represents.

Question 21

Constitution

Answer 21

System of laws and principles,

Question 22

Constitutional

Answer 22

Consistent with the United States Constitution,

Question 23

Veto

Answer 23

To refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress or reject a proposed act.