Constitution Vocabulary Review

The basic principles of a nation that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantees a certain rights to the people in it.

• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• Executive Order
• Constitution

The law-making part of a government; Congress.

• Supreme Court
• Parliament
• Legislature

• Senate

A basic and fundamental truth, law, or assumption.

• Principle
• Paradox
• Hypothesis
• Doctrine

A nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them.

• Republic

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Direct democracy

A system of government that divides power between a central/national government and the local/regional government.

• Monarchy
• Anarchy
• Dictatorship
• Federalism

Powers specifically named and given only to the federal government according to the U.S. Constitution.

• Concurrent powers
• Reserved powers
• Enumerated powers
• Implied powers

Powers belonging only to the state governments according to the Tenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution.

• Federal governments
• Republicanism

• Foreign governments
• Reserved Powers

Powers given and shard by both the federal and state governments according to the U.S. Constitution.

• Concurrent powers
• Delegated powers
• Reserved powers
• Exclusive powers

A government that has two legislative chambers/houses.

• Bicameral system of government
• Unicameral system of government
• Tricameral system of government
• Quadricameral system of government

The power of the president to reject a bill written by Congress.

• approve
• veto
• pass
• reject