Executive Branch Vocabulary

The _____________ is a group, composed of the heads of federal departments and key agencies, that advises the president.

• Electoral College

• Executive Office of the President

• Political Party

• Cabinet

_____________ is a set of agencies that work closely with the president to help him perform his job.

• Electoral College

• Executive Office of the President

• State of the Union

• Cabinet

_______________ is the body that elects the president of the United States. It is composed of electors from each state equal to that state’s representation in Congress.

• Electoral College

• Voters

• Majority Party

• States

A state’s international goals and its strategies to achieve those goals is called ___________.

• military strategy

• foreign policy

• domestic policy

• diplomacy

_______________ is the power given to the president by the Constitution to be the civilian leader of the U.S. armed forces.

• Chief Executive

• Head of State

• Commander-in-Chief

• Chief Diplomat

The president has the authority to negotiate a contract or agreement between two or more independent, nations, but the contract cannot go into effect until it is approved by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. What is this contract called?

• treaty

• executive order

• executive agreement

• international contract

_____________ is an order issued by the president that has the effect of law.

• treaty

• executive order

• legislation

• law

What are the specific powers given to Congress or the president by the Constitution called?

• Reserved Powers

• Inherent Powers

• Expressed Powers

• Implied Powers

What are the powers that the Constitution suggests, rather than specifies, called?

• Concurrent Powers

• Expressed Powers

• Reserved Powers

• Implied Powers

What is the State of the Union address?

• An order issued by the president that has the effect of law.

• A state’s international goals and its strategies to achieve those goals.

• A constitutionally mandated message, given by the president to Congress, in which the president lays out plans for the coming year.