SS Unit 2 Vocab: Chapter 1: How the Government Works

What does the term "amend" mean?

• To remove something

• To change or add to something already established

• To create something new

• To destroy something

Which branch of government has the power to make laws?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Administrative

What is the role of the executive branch?

• To make laws

• To carry out laws

• To interpret laws

• To propose laws

What does the judicial branch do?

• Enforces laws

• Makes laws

• Decides questions about laws

• Proposes new laws

What does it mean to propose something?

• To reject something

• To put forward or suggest

• To finalize something

• To hide something

Who is a constituent?

• A person who makes laws

• A person who enforces laws

• A person who lives and votes in an area

• A person who interprets laws

What is a beacon?

• A type of law

• A source of light

• Something that guides or provides a source of hope

• A government official

Who is considered a citizen?

• A person who visits a country

• A person who belongs to a country and has protections under that country's laws

• A person who works in a country

• A person who studies in a country

What is naturalization?

• The process of leaving a country

• The process of becoming a citizen of a country if born outside of that country

• The process of voting in a country

• The process of making laws in a country

What does allegiance mean?

• Disloyalty to a group

• Loyalty to a group

• Ignoring a group

• Criticizing a group