How Government Works Vocab

What is a draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body called?

• Budget

• Bill

• Justice

• Impeach

What is a plan for spending money during a given period of time?

• Civic Virtue

• Direct Democracy

• Budget

• Electoral College

What term describes things people do for the common good and for the good of a country?

• Justice

• Civic Virtue

• Impeach

• Bill

What is the group of people chosen to elect the president and vice president of the United States called?

• Civic Virtue

• Impeach

• Electoral College

• Bill

What is the process of granting full citizenship to a person born in a foreign country called?

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Naturalization

• Colonization

What does the "rule of law" ensure?

• Only the government follows the laws

• Only the courts follow the laws

• Everyone is subject to the same laws

• Only the people follow the laws

What does "municipal" mean?

• Relating to a local government.

• The right to vote.

• To reject a bill

• To sign a bill.

What does "suffrage" mean?

• The right to vote.

• To sign a bill.

• To reject a bill.

• Local government.

What does impeach mean?

• The right to vote.

• Referring to local government.

• To reject a bill.

• To bring formal charges against a public official for an illegal act or dishonest behavior while in office.

Government by the people, exercised through direct voting.

• bill

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

• justice