U.S. Government Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of a citizen?

• A person who lives in a city, state, or town and has legal rights & responsibilities

• Of a city or town

• One of the sections into which a state is divided

• The branch of government that enforces laws

What is the definition of a petition?

• A person who lives in a city, state, or town and has legal rights & responsibilities

• Of a city or town

• An official request to the government signed by many citizens

• The branch of government that enforces laws

What does the term 'municipal' mean?

• A person who lives in a city, state, or town and has legal rights & responsibilities

• Of a city or town

• One of the sections into which a state is divided

• The branch of government that enforces laws

How is a county defined?

• A person who lives in a city, state, or town and has legal rights & responsibilities

• Of a city or town

• One of the sections into which a state is divided

• The branch of government that enforces laws

How is a constitutional republic defined?

• A person who lives in a city, state, or town and has legal rights & responsibilities

• A form of government in which representatives get their authority from the people, serve a time, and have sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution

• One of the sections into which a state is divided

• One of the sections into which a state is divided

Which branch of government enforces laws?

• The 3 branches of government

• judicial branch

• legislative branch

• executive branch

What is the role of the judicial branch?

• To refuse to sign a bill into a law

• Something that a person should do

• An official request to the government signed by many citizens

• The branch of government made up of courts and judges that check the fairness of laws

What is the role of the legislative branch?

• To make laws.

• To check that laws are fair.

• To enforce laws.

What is a veto?

• To refuse to sign a bill into a law

• Something that a person should do

• An official request to the government signed by many citizens

• The branch of government made up of courts and judges that check the fairness of laws

Define the word responsibility.

• Of a city or town

• An official request to the government signed by many citizens

• Something that a person should do

• One of the sections into which a state is divided