Civics Semester Exam

the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate, after the vice president.

• Speaker of the House
• Pro Tempore
• Secretary of Defense
• Secretary of the Senate

To sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.

• ratified
• Justify
• Verify
• Amendment

a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document.

• Pro Tempure
• Ratified
• Justified
• amendment

The term commonly used to describe that part of government which enforces the law, and has overall responsibility for the governance of a state.

• Legislature Department
• executive department
• Judiciary Department
• State Department

The elected head of a republic.

• Dictator
• Ruler
• President
• Senator

A national legislative body, especially that of the US.

• Congress
• Senate
• House of Reps
• President

a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independants
• Federalist Papers
• Constitution

a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources.

• Sales Tax
• Poll Tax
• Income Tax
• Land Tax

the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

• Supreme Court
• Cabinent
• Secretary department
• House of Representatives

the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid.

• Quorum
• Senate
• Majority
• Minority