Vocabulary 6.2 Review

a plan of government

• Constitution

• Compromise

• Consult

• Convention

a system where each branch of government has ways of limiting the powers of the other branches

• Authority

• Veto

• Checks and Balances

• Compromise

a person who represents others, often an elected official

• Preamble

• Authority

• Convention

• Delegate

a refusal to sign a bill into law

• Convention

• Checks and balances

• Veto

• compromise

people on both sides of an issue giving up something to reach an agreement

• Compromise

• Preamble

• consult

• authority

to look for information or advice from something or someone

• Checks and balances

• convention

• consult

• separation of powers

an introduction

• Constitution

• Preamble

• consult

• veto

the power to give orders or make decisions

• Authority

• consult

• separation of powers

• delegate

the idea that the powers and duties of government are divided among separate branches

• Compromise

• Authority

• Separation of powers

• Consult

a formal meeting of delegates who make decisions about government

• consult

• Convention

• Constitution

• Compromise