Ch.7 Vocab

Longstanding cultural belief and practice

• ordinance

• bicameral

• tradition

• clause

a system by which each branch of government limits power of other branches

• checks and balances

• branches

• federalism

• republic

a special group for electors chosen to vote for president and vice president

• legislative branch

• electoral college

• executive branch

• judicial branch

having two separate lawmaking chambers

• federalism

• republic

• bicameral

• tradition

to change or revise

• compromise

• ordinance

• depreciate

• amend

a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

• republic

• dictatorship

• convention

• amendment

to fall in value

• amend

• depreciate

• depression

• clause

law

• bicameral

• compromise

• legislative branch

• ordinance

a special condition in a formal document

• clause

• depression

• depreciate

• republic

a change, correction, or improvement added to a document

• clause

• ordinance

• amendment

• compromise