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Vocab Quiz 11/17

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 5hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of a candidate?

4 lines
2.

What is the difference between a citizen and a constituent?

4 lines
3.

What is a district?

a)

A group of school buildings

b)

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

c)

A set of people running for office

d)

Someone in an administrative position's boss

4.

What is to choose by a vote for an office or membership

(a)  

5.

An Election is a (a)   to select the winner of a position/political party

6.

What is the name of an official that holds an office?

(a)  

7.

What is the act of making/enacting laws?

a)

Decree

b)

Ruling

c)

Legislation

d)

Powering

8.

What is the act of officially naming a candidate?

(a)  

9.

What is an ordinance?

4 lines
10.

A formal request that something be submitted to an authority

a)

Petition

b)

Survey

c)

Graph

d)

Vote

11.

The act of removing an official by petition

(a)  

12.

Define referendum

a)

A legal action

b)

a social force that tells you what's right and wrong

c)

A way to get a politician to listen to your advice

d)

A legislative act referred for approval to a popular vote

13.

Define representative

4 lines
14.

The social force that binds you to a course of action

(a)  

15.

An abstract idea of that which is due by law or nature

(a)  

16.

An act passed by a legislative body

a)

statue

b)

statute

c)

Stated

d)

Stayed

17.

Define vote

4 lines
18.

What does it mean to have the majority in an election?

a)

You have more than half the votes

b)

You lost the election

c)

You came in second in the election

d)

It was a tie

19.

A Document listing the alternatives that is used in voting

a)

ballot

b)

poll

c)

petition

d)

vote