Government Vocabulary

This is another name for the beginning part of something

• Preamble
• Bill
• Law
• Amendment

The document that organized the United States Government

• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Constitution
• Declaration of Independence

What is a framer of the Constitution?

• Someone who made the frame for the Constitution

• One of the original writers

• Someone accused of ruining the constitution

• A person who framed another U.S. citizen during the time the Constitution was being written

This is the concept that power in government belongs to the people.

• Natural Rights
• Popular Sovereignty
• Human Rights
• We the people

Doing whatever is best for the most people in a community

• common good

• bucket filler

• stealing

• responsibilities

What is a government?

• a group of corporations that control laws
• a group of people who overthrow the leaders
• a nation that has no leaders 
• a person or group of people who control a country

Which is the best description of a government that is Limited?

• Vote for Representatives

• Citizens have the power

• Government has a limited amount of power

• All three

What are the 3 types of government?

• national, city, and capital

• local, state, and federal

• state, city, and nation

Under the Constitution, the state and national government...

• shared power.
• did not share powers.
• worked against each other and were separate.
• were the same thing.

The study of the rights and duties of being a citizen

• exchange

• civics

• unlimited wants

• executive branch