Vocabulary and Government Terms Quiz

What is a group of secretaries who help run the government?

• Cabinet

• precedent

• bond

• speculator

• national debt

What is a tax on imported goods brought into the country to protect them from foreign competition?

• protective tariff

• precedent

• Cabinet

• national debt

• bond

What is a certificate that promises to pay the bank back after getting a loan?

• bond

• precedent

• Cabinet

• national debt

• speculator

What is the act of decision that sets an example for others to follow?

• precedent

• Cabinet

• bond

• national debt

• speculator

What does cancel mean?

• bond

• nullify

• national debt

• precedent

• Cabinet

What are foreigners?

• Cabinet

• national debt

• precedent

• bond

• alien

What is stirring up a rebellion against a government?

• Cabinet

• national debt

• precedent

• sedition

• bond

What is a person who invests in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit?

• bond

• Cabinet

• precedent

• speculator

• national debt

What is the total sum of money the government owes?

• bond

• Cabinet

• precedent

• speculator

• national debt