2023-24_Unit 5 Vocabulary_1

What is the role of an ambassador?

• To choose members of the cabinet

• To hear appeals of cases

• To represent their government in another country

• To propose laws

What is an amendment?

• The highest court of the United States

• A change to a constitution

• A proposal for a law

• An agreement between two or more countries

What is appellate jurisdiction?

• The power to hear appeals of cases

• The power to propose laws

• The power to choose members of the cabinet

• The power to reject a law passed by the legislative branch

What is an appointment?

• The power to choose members of the cabinet

• The power to propose laws

• The power to reject a law passed by the legislative branch

• The power to hear appeals of cases

What is an article?

• A change to a constitution

• One section of a U.S. state or federal constitution defined by topic

• The highest court of the United States

• A proposal for a law

What does bicameral mean?

• A legislative body divided into two chambers

• An agreement between two or more countries

• The highest court of the United States

• A proposal for a law

What is a bill?

• The power to hear appeals of cases

• A change to a constitution

• A proposal for a law

• The highest court of the United States

What is the U.S. House of Representatives?

• An agreement between two or more countries

• The lower house of the U.S. Congress

• The highest court of the United States

• The home of the president

What is the U.S. Senate?

• An agreement between two or more countries

• The upper house of the U.S. Congress

• The highest court of the United States

• The governmental body that declares laws unconstitutional

What is the U.S. Supreme Court?

• An agreement between two or more countries

• The highest court of the United States

• The upper house of the U.S. Congress

• The lower house of the U.S. Congress