A New American Government ESL VOCABULARY MC

a SEPARATE PART of a legal document that deals with a single subject

• Article

• Constitution

• Amendment

• Confederation

a group that is joined together in some activity or effort

• Article

• Constitution

• Amendment

• Confederation

having independent authority and the right to govern (control) itself

• Sovereign

• Constitution

• Amendment

• Confederation

to make (a treaty, agreement, etc.) official

by signing it or voting for it

• Sovereign

• Constitution

• Amendment

• Ratify

a statement that is made at the beginning of something (such as a legal document)

• Preamble

• Constitution

• Amendment

• Ratify

a quality or feature that makes someone or something good

• strength

• weakness

• anarchy

• ammend

a quality or feature that makes someone or something bad

• strength

• weakness

• anarchy

• ammend

a situation of confusion and wild behavior in which the people in a country, group, organization, etc., are not controlled by rules or laws

• strength

• weakness

• anarchy

• ammend

the document that describes the system of beliefs and laws by which a country, state, or organization is governed

• constitution

• ammendment

• article

• ratify

a change in the words or meaning of a law or document (such as a constitution)

• constitution

• amend

• article

• ratify