FIFTH GRADE CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT VOCABULARY

What word describes the process of altering or changing a document such as the U. S. Constitution.

• Alteration
• Restoration
• Amendment
• Revision

What term was first used in 1787 during the creation of the U.S. Constitution to identify people who were against the adoption of the U.S. Constitution?

• Anti-Constitutionalist
• Anti-Government
• Anti-Federalists
• Anti-Presidential

What term describes a group of people that provide advice to the President?

• Cabinet
• Advisors
• Committee
• Congress

What word describes the system in which each of the three branches of the United States government has the ability to limit the actions of the other branches, which makes sure that no one branch becomes too powerful.

• Balance of Power
• Resolution of Branches
• Checks and Balances
• Limitation of Powers

What is the branch of government that is responsible for implementing, supporting and enforcing the laws, headed by the President?

• legislative branch
• executive branch
• judicial branch
• enforcement branch

In the United States power is distributed between the national (federal) government and state and local governments. What is this system called?

• a democracy
• federalism
• a republic
• a monarchy

What is the system of rule used to govern a community, state or country?

• government
• legal system
• congress
• senators

What is the lower legislative branch in a governing body consisting of two houses. In this governing body, each state has a number of representatives based on its population.

• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Supreme Court
• Cabinet

What term describes rights given to all people? This term is used in the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson.

• exclusive rights
• legal rights
• civil rights
• unalienable rights

In the United States, the branch of government at the federal and state levels that interprets laws and administers justice.

• The Executive Branch
• The Legislative Branch
• The Judicial Branch
• The Legal Branch