Unit 03: Writing the Constitution Vocabulary Quiz

Type your FIRST & LAST name.

Select your Class Period

• 6th Period

• 2nd Period
• 3rd Period
• 4th Period
• 5th Period

Amend

• To take something out
• To change or add to (a document)
• An agreement in which both sides give up some demands

Repeal

• To change or add to (a document)
• To take something out
• Process of ratifying something

Delegate

• An agreement in which both sides give up some demands
• Person who is chosen to represent another person or group
• The person in charge of the bureaucracy

Unalienable Rights

• Personal freedoms granted to people by a higher power
• The people exercise their power by voting for Representatives and Senators
• Rights that are granted to individuals that cannot be taken away by the government

Checks and Balances

• The government doesn’t have absolute power
• Each branch of government is to monitor the others
• System of using money to buy things

Separation of Powers

• Power is divided between the National and State governments
• Government power is divided between three separate branches
• Dividing government power between the people and the government

Compromise

• A complaint
• An agreement in which both sides give up some demands
• The government doesn’t have absolute power

Limited Government

• Each branch of government is to monitor the others
• The government doesn’t have absolute power
• The people exercise their power by voting for Representatives and Senators