Ch.12 Review

What is the meaning of 'ambassador'?

• a) a change or addition to a written document

• b) an official representative sent to a foreign country

• c) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• d) protections from government for individual rights and freedoms

What does it mean to 'indict' someone?

• a) to charge with a crime

• b) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• c) to make or present a formal request to an authority regarding a particular cause

• d) to provide housing or shelter

Explain 'popular sovereignty'.

• a) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• b) the idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed

• c) to violate the law or someone's rights

• d) to charge with a crime

What is 'due process'?

• a) to violate the law or someone's rights

• b) a legal process established to make sure people are not punished without first being proven guilty in a fair trial

• c) to charge with a crime

• d) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

What does it mean to 'quarter' someone?

• a) to make or present a formal request to an authority regarding a particular cause

• b) to provide housing or shelter

• c) to charge with a crime

• d) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

Define 'assemble'.

• a) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• b) to violate the law or someone's rights

• c) to make or present a formal request to an authority regarding a particular cause

• d) the idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed

What is the definition of 'petition'?

• a) to charge with a crime

• b) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• c) to make or present a formal request to an authority regarding a particular cause

• d) to provide housing or shelter

Explain 'civil rights'.

• a) to make or present a formal request to an authority regarding a particular cause

• b) the rights of citizens to have political and social freedom and equality

• c) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• d) to violate the law or someone's rights

What does 'infringe' mean?

• a) to violate the law or someone's rights

• b) to charge with a crime

• c) to gather in a group for a specific purpose

• d) to make or present a formal request to an authority regarding a particular cause

What does 'amendment' refer to?

• a) to charge with a crime

• b) a change or addition to a written document

• c) to provide housing or shelter

• d) the rights of citizens to have political and social freedom and equality