TCI Lesson 11 Vocabulary

What are checks and balances?

• separating the power of government

• the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches

• a way of writing checks for taxes

• a new way of creating laws under the US constitution

What is the executive branch of government?

• the highest branch in the government

• the branch that interprets the laws

• the branch that creates the laws

• the part of government that carries out, or executes, the laws

What is federalism?

• the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments

• states sharing powers with the other states

• a system that allows the US government to control the states

• a system that gives the states all of the power in government

What branch of government interprets the laws?

• the Executive Branch

• the Judicial Branch

• the Supreme Court

• the Legislative Branch

What is the highest court in the United States?

• the Illlinois Supreme Court

• the Appellate Court

• the US Supreme Court

• the Federal Court

What is Judicial Review?

• the power of the court to find a person guilty

• the power of the Supreme Court to make and enforce the laws

• the power of courts to provide and speedy trial

• the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws and acts made by the legislative and executive branches are unconstitutional

What branch of government makes the laws?

• the Legislative Branch

• the Judicial Branch

• the Executive Branch

• the Appellate Courts

What is the idea that the government's authority comes from the people?

• federalism

• judicial review

• popular sovereignty

• discrimination

What is the idea of dividing the government's power to prevent one branch from being too powerful?

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

What is treating a person or group unfairly?

• civil rights

• federalism

• populate

• discriminate