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Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of Constitution?

a)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

b)

An addition to a formal document

c)

A law or regulation

d)

A formal plan of government

2.

What does Bicameral mean?

a)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

b)

The sharing of power between federal and state governments

c)

A special group of voters selected to vote for the president

d)

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

3.

What is a Republic?

a)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

b)

A law or regulation

c)

A movement during the 1700s that spread the idea of knowledge and science

d)

An addition to a formal document

4.

What is the meaning of Ordinance?

a)

A tallin value

b)

An agreement between two or more sides

c)

A formal plan of government

d)

A law or regulation

5.

What does Depreciate mean?

a)

A tallin value

b)

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

c)

A period of low economic activity

d)

An addition to a formal document

6.

What is a Compromise?

a)

The sharing of power between federal and state governments

b)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

c)

A law or regulation

d)

Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants

7.

What was the Enlightenment?

a)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

b)

An addition to a formal document

c)

Movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society

d)

A law or regulation

8.

What is Federalism?

a)

The sharing of power between federal and state governments

b)

A formal plan of government

c)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

d)

A law or regulation

9.

What is an Article?

a)

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

b)

A law or regulation

c)

An addition to a formal document

d)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

10.

What is the Electoral College?

a)

The sharing of power between federal and state governments

b)

A special group of voters selected by their states voters to vote for the president and the vice president

c)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

d)

A law or regulation

11.

What is the system of Checks and Balances?

a)

An addition to a formal document

b)

A law or regulation

c)

A formal plan of government

d)

The system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful

12.

What does Ratify mean?

a)

To give official approval to

b)

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

c)

To overturn or defeat a bill proposed in Congress

d)

To be the same as or corresponding to

13.

Who were the Federalists?

a)

Supporters of the Constitution

b)

Individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution

c)

A branch of government that carries out the nation's laws

d)

A special group of voters selected to vote for the president

14.

What are Amendments?

a)

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

b)

A formal plan of government

c)

A law or regulation

d)

An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution

15.

What does Veto mean?

a)

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

b)

To be the same as or corresponding to

c)

To give official approval to

d)

To overturn or defeat a bill proposed in Congress