Social studies government vocabulary Quiz

The branch of government that interprets the law.

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative
• Monarchy

Branch of government that creates the law.

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative
• Monarchy

Branch of government that enforces the law.

• Judicial
• Legislative
• Executive
• Monarchy

These ensure that no branch of government had more power than the other two branches.

• Checks and Balances
• Natural Rights
• Popular Sovereignty
• Federal System

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

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

Respecting the rights of others and giving them what is rightfully theirs

• checks and balances

• separation of power

• justice

• Bill of Rights

Division of power among the 3 branches of national government

• checks and balances

• justice

• separation of power

• Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

• justice

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• Bill of Rights

a form of government in which power is shared between the national and state governments

• Checks and balances

• federal system

• Bill of Rights

• federalism

A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.

• Bill of Rights

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• representative democracy