Unit 4.1 & 2 Vocabulary (See How They Run)

Fill in the blank: _______ are laws that are made or passed.

• amendments

• regulations

• legislation

• promises

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a sense of obligation toward something.

• commitment

• agreement

• promise

• pledge

After cooking for hours, we ____________ were ready to serve the holiday dinner.

• commitment

• eventually

• legislation

America's system of government is a ______________

• democracy

• amendments

• compromise

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a special right or benefit held by a certain group of people.

• burden

• obligation

• duty

• privilege

Congress passed new _______________ to make sure citizens are safe.

• legislation

• commitment

• eventually

Fill in the blank: _______ are formal changes made according to official procedures.

• policies

• laws

• regulations

• amendments

Fill in the blank: To _______ is to reach an agreement by having each side give up a part of its demands.

• hear

• argue

• compromise

• disagree

Fill in the blank: _______ means in the end or finally.

• suddenly

• eventually

• quickly

• immediately

It was a _______________ to go out to dinner for my birthday.

• democracy

• privilege

• legislation