GOVERNMENT REVIEW ONE

A tool of the legislative branch to remove the President or a Supreme Court Justice.

Made up of the President, Vice President, and heads of government agencies and departments.

Made up of 100 members, two from each state.

The document that established the branches of the U.S. government.

The name given to the House of Representatives and Senate together.

Made up of nine justices who review and rule on court cases.

The government branch with the job of writing new laws.

What is government?

• the people and groups in a society that have the authority to make laws, enforce laws, and settle disagreements about laws

• a record of the past

• the beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living that a group of people share

• the study of the Earth - its land, people, and environments

What determines who has the authority to make the laws and see that they are carried out?

• the type of government

• their location

• their culture

• consumer choices

In a ____________, citizens hold all of the political power.

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy