Chapter 13 Gallopade Vocabulary Practice

the power of a court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts

• original jurisdiction

• general jurisdiction

• supreme jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

Choose the correct definition of 'bill'

• a proposal for a new law

• a committee that considers a new law

• a vetoed law

• a policy that is supported by a political party

Choose the correct definition of 'enumerated powers'

• the authority to rule a country or region

• powers that the U.S. Constitution reserves for the state governments

• powers shared by the state and national governments

• powers of the national government that are listed in the U.S. Constitution

a legal case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime

• civil case

• criminal case

a small group of people who are formally chosen to give advice to a government leader

• Cabinet

• secretary

• political party

• federalist

Choose the correct definition of 'executive order'

• an official proclamation by a judge or panel of judges

• a rule or order made by the president of the United States that directs or instructs actions of executive agencies or government officials

• the right of the president to refuse to share information if necessary to protect the public interest

• a law or rule that controls or supervises certain activities

Choose the correct definition of 'civil case'

• a legal case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime

• a legal process established to make sure people are not punished without first being proven guilty in a fair trial

• a legal case brought by a person or party in order to recover property, to force someone to honor a contract, or to protect one’s civil rights

• a legal principle that all people are innocent until proven guilty

Choose the correct definition of 'federal'

• relating to a form of government where power is mostly given to individual states

• relating to a form of government where power is separated into different branches

• relating to a form of government where power is shared between a central government and individual states

• relating to a form of government where power is given completely to a central government

Choose the correct definition of 'judicial review'

• the power of the judicial branch to carry out or enforce the law

• the power of the judicial branch to review laws and potentially declare them unconstitutional

• the power of the judicial branch to amend the Constitution

• the power of the judicial branch to impeach a president

Choose the correct definition of 'concurrent powers'

• powers that the U.S. Constitution gives the national government

• powers of the national government that are listed in the U.S. Constitution

• powers shared by the state and national governments

• powers that the U.S. Constitution reserves for the state governments