Government Standard 8 Vocabulary 1 Quizizz

The people a member of Congress represents.

• Apportionment

• Constituents

• Appropriation

• Oversight

Each house seat is meant to represent about the same number of 

people.

• Commerce Clause

• Appropriation

• Apportionment

• Constituents

A congressional act or bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose.

• Appropriation

• Constituents

• Apportionment

• Commerce Clause

The process of charging officials in the executive and judicial branches 

with wrongdoing and bringing them to trial.

• Apportionment

• Deficit

• Oversight

• Impeachment

Allows Congress to check on the executive branch and to make sure it is 

following the laws Congress has passed.

• Indirect Tax

• Oversight

• Deficit

• Direct Tax

A tax levied on one person but passed on to another for payment to the 

government.

• Direct Tax

• Writ of habeas corpus

• Ex post facto laws

• Indirect Tax

A tax an individual pays directly to the government.

• Direct Tax

• Subpoenas

• Deficit

• Indirect Tax

A condition in which government revenues are lower than expenses.

• Direct Tax

• Writ of habeas corpus

• Deficit

• Indirect Tax

Allows the Congress the right to regulate interstate commerce or 

trade.

• Commerce Clause

• Tariff Clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Trade Clause

Legal documents that require a person to testify in a certain matter.

• Oversight

• Commerce Clause

• Ex post facto laws

• Subpoenas