Vocabulary - Government Term 1

Question 1

Congress

Answer 1

the national legislative body of a country.

Question 2

Executive Branch

Answer 2

The executive branch is the part of the government that has its authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state. The executive branch executes, or enforces the law

Question 3

Legislative Branch

Answer 3

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives

Question 4

President

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.the elected head of a republican state.

Question 5

Vice-President

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. the second-highest position in the executive branch of the United States, after the president

Question 6

census

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. procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population

Question 7

Supreme Court

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.Highest Court in the Federal system
to serve as the final court of appeals for both the state and federal court systems.Only ___9___ judges are appointed to the Supreme Court

Question 8

House of Representatives

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.one of the two houses of the United States Congress (a bicameral legislature). It is frequently referred to as The House. The other house is the Senate.

Question 9

Senate

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.is a legislative chamber in the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the U.S. House of Representatives makes up the U.S. Congress

Question 10

liberalism

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

Question 11

conservatism

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.is any political philosophy that favors tradition (in the sense of various religious, cultural, or nationally-defined beliefs and customs) in the face of external forces for change, and is critical of proposals for radical social change.

Question 12

checks and balances

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. is used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch.

Question 13

democracy

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A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.

Question 14

politics

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.is the practice and theory of influencing other people.

Question 15

Republican

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. is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Question 16

Democrat

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.is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party to its right.

Question 17

election

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. a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office

Question 18

voting rights

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.Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting

Question 19

Electoral College

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. is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

Question 20

Constitution

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s the supreme law of the United States of America.[1] The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.

Question 21

constitutional

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of or relating to the system of beliefs and laws that govern a country : of or relating to a constitution.

Question 22

veto

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