BCA: 7th Grade: Chapter 2 Vocabulary

the head of the Supreme Court

• Court Clerk
• Chief Justice
• Federal Judge
• Associate Justice

the buying and selling of goods, especially on large scales involving transportation from place to place

• Trade
• Retail
• Bartering
• Commerce

is the group of people selected to represent the U.S. states by formally casting the votes that officially select the president and vice president

• Political Parties
• Congress
• Electoral College
• Supreme Court

of or relating to the central government

• State
• Local
• Regional
• Federal

an interpretation of the Constitution that says the government has the power to do anything that is not specifically denied by the Constitution

• strict interpretation

• loose interpretation

• reserved interpretation

• enumerated interpretation

an interpretation of the constitution that maintains that the federal government has authority to do only what the Constitution specifically states it can do

• Strict interpretation

• Federalism interpretation

• Judicial interpretation

• Loose interpretation

to make something invalid or no longer legal and binding

• confirm
• nullify

• validate
• authorize

a system of government in which states share power with a national government

• Dictatorship
• Federalism
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

the power of the judicial branch to review laws and potentially declare them unconstitutional

• Legislative review
• Executive review
• Judicial review
• Constitutional amendment