Civics - Chapter 6 Vocabulary, Part I

an official representative of a country's government

• reprieve

• ambassador

• treaty

• elector

a rule or command the president gives out that has the force of law

• executive order

• trade sanctions

• amnesty

• foreign policy

an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

• national security

• treaty

• trade sanctions

• executive agreement

a nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations

• executive order

• executive agreement

• national security

• foreign policy

a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment

• reprieve

• amnesty

• treaty

• pardon

person appointed to vote in presidential elections for president or vice president

• amnesty

• treaty

• ambassador

• elector

a pardon to a group of people

• pardon

• reprieve

• amnesty

• treaty

a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

• executive order

• treaty

• executive agreement

• foreign policy

an order to delay a person's punishment until a higher court can hear the case

• pardon

• treaty

• amnesty

• reprieve

an agreement between the president and the leader of another country

• national security

• executive agreement

• executive order

• foreign policy