Understanding Government Vocabulary Quiz

What does the term "administer" mean?

• To give consent or official permission

• Control or manage

• Choose or select

• To state formally

Which of the following best describes the term "bicameral"?

• A plan for spending money

• Shared powers between national and state levels

• 2 house legislature

• People who help and advise the executive

What is the meaning of "appoint"?

• To make valid or binding by legal act

• Choose or select

• Control or manage

• To give consent or official permission

What does "bureaucracy" refer to?

• All government agencies working together

• A plan for spending money

• Powers that neither the national nor state level are allowed

• To state formally

What is the role of the "cabinet" in government?

• To state formally

• People who help and advise the executive

• Shared powers between national and state levels

• To make valid or binding by legal act

What are "concurrent powers"?

• Powers that neither the national nor state level are allowed

• Shared powers that both the national/federal level and state level have

• To give consent or official permission

• A plan for spending money

What does it mean to "confirm" something?

• To make valid or binding by legal act

• To state formally

• Control or manage

• Choose or select

What is a "budget"?

• A plan for spending money

• To give consent or official permission

• 2 house legislature

• All government agencies working together

What does "declare" mean?

• To state formally

• To make valid or binding by legal act

• Control or manage

• Choose or select

What are "denied powers"?

• Powers that neither the national/federal level nor state level are allowed

• Shared powers that both the national/federal level and state level have

• To give consent or official permission

• A plan for spending money