Vocab term 1

Question 1

congress

Answer 1

the national legislative body of a country

Question 2

executive branch

Answer 2

the federal branch and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing,supporting and enforcing the laws made by legislative branch.

Question 3

legislative branch

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Is the part of the u.s government that creates laws.

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Judicial branch

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Is one of the three branches of federal laws.

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president

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The elected person of a republican state

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Vice-president

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An official or executive ranking below and deputizing foe the president.

Question 7

census

Answer 7

the official count or survey for a population

Question 8

supreme court

Answer 8

the highest judicial court of the country or state

Question 9

house of representatives

Answer 9

the lower house of the U.S congress.

Question 10

senate

Answer 10

any of various legislative or governing bodies, in particular.

Question 11

liberalism

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

Question 12

conservatism

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A general preference for the existing order of society.

Question 13

checks and balances

Answer 13

counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups

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democracy

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a state governed by a democracy.

Question 15

politics

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the activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries.

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republican

Answer 16

a form of government

Question 17

democrat

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a member of the Democratic Party.

Question 18

election

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a formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.

Question 19

voting rights

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A law passed at the time of the civil rights movement.

Question 20

electoral college

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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

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a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

Question 22

constitutional

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of or 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