Unit 4 - Government Vocabulary 23

What is the meaning of the word bicameral?

• A government in which citizens rule through elected officials

• An agreement between 2 or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants

• Consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature

• A law or regulation

Which of the following describes the Legislative Branch?

• The branch of government that ENFORCES the law.

• The branch of government that INTERPRETS the law.

• The branch of government that MAKES the law.

• The branch of government that ASKS for public opinion regarding the law.

Which of the following describes the Founding Fathers?

• the system of electing presidents and vice presidents that divides voting power proportionally based on the population of each state

• the members of the Constitutional Convention that created the US Constitution in 1787

• The national government

What is the meaning of the word republic?

• A government in which citizens rule through elected officials

• Sharing of power between federal and state governments

• A part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject

• A period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment

What is the meaning of the word Federalist?

• Supporters of the new Constitution

• Those that opposed ratifying the Constitution. They did not support it.

• The branch of government that MAKES the law.

• The branch of government that ENFORCES the law.

What were the Articles of Confederation?

• a type government where citizens have the supreme power, exercised in a system of representation, typically involving elections

• a document that sets out the laws, principles, organization and processes of a government

• the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, which guarantees specific civil rights

• America’s 1st Constitution; provided for a new central government where states gave up little power.

What is the meaning of the democratic ideal of federalism?

• basic liberties and rights are listed in the Bill of Rights

• Citizens elect people to be their political representatives in government

• Sharing of power between federal and state governments

• the government’s power is divided into three branches

What is the meaning of the word proportional?

• Sharing of power between federal and state governments

• To be the same as or corresponding to

• An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution

• To give official approval to

What is the meaning of the democratic ideal of checks and balances?

• people are the source of the government’s power

• government is limited by listing  powers it does and does not have in the articles of the Constitution

• System in which each branch of government has a check on the other 2 branches so that no one becomes too powerful

• A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization and processes of a government

What is the definition of the word amendment?

• A part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject

• A government in which citizens rule through elected officials

• An introduction to a formal document such as the Constitution

• An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution