Unit 2 Government Vocab Practice Quiz

Power is divided among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Each branch has specific duties to the government.

• Due process
• Separation of powers
• Discrimination
• Unification

The process through which each branch of government exercises come control over the other two

• Checks and balances
• Due process
• Interstate commerce
• Totalitarianism

The government must follow fair procedures if it is going to deprive someone of life, liberty, or property

• Discrimination
• Due process
• Damage control
• Arbitration

A group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy

• Political party
• Lobbyists
• Empire
• Faction

Rejection of a bill by the president

• Impeachment
• Veto 
• Contempt
• Approval

The branch of government that writes and makes laws. It includes a bicameral Congress made up of the Senate and House of Representatives, state congresses, and other law making bodies like the State Board of Education.

• Legislative branch
• Executive branch 
• Judicial branch 
• Tree branch

The branch of government that enforces laws. It includes the president, state governors, law enforcement organizations like the police and FBI, and the military and state militias.

• Legislative branch
• Executive branch
• Judicial branch 
• Savings and loan branch

The branch of government that interprets laws. It includes the Supreme Court, state and local courts, and judges, justices, and attorneys. 

• Legislative branch
• Executive branch
• Judicial branch
• Branch, Texas 

The area in a governing system concerned with areas that affect the entire nation, such as defense, international relations, taxation, and trade

• Central government
• Local government
• County government
• State government

To return a fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state for prosecution

• Abetting
• Asylum
• Extradite 
• Implicate