WorksheetsChapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the definition of Constitution?
A law or regulation.
A movement during the 1700s.
A formal plan of government.
An addition to a formal document.
What does Bicameral mean?
A special group of voters selected by their states.
The sharing of power between federal and state governments.
Consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature.
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
What is a Republic?
A law or regulation.
A branch of government headed by the president.
An addition to a formal document.
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
What is the meaning of Ordinance?
Agreement between two or more sides.
A tallin value.
A part of a document.
A law or regulation.
What does Depreciate mean?
To give official approval to.
To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.
A tallin value.
A period of low economic activity.
What is a Compromise?
A branch of government that makes the nation's laws.
The sharing of power between federal and state governments.
Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
A special group of voters selected by their states.
What was the Enlightenment movement about?
The idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society.
The sharing of power between federal and state governments.
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
A law or regulation.
What is Federalism?
A law or regulation.
The sharing of power between federal and state governments.
A formal plan of government.
A branch of government headed by the president.
What is an Article in the context of the Constitution?
An addition to a formal document.
A law or regulation.
A part of a document that deals with a single subject.
A branch of government that interprets the nation's laws.
What is the Electoral College?
A law or regulation.
A special group of voters selected by their states to vote for the president and vice president.
A branch of government headed by the president.
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
What is the system of Checks and Balances?
The system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful.
The sharing of power between federal and state governments.
A branch of government that makes the nation's laws.
A special group of voters selected by their states.
What does Ratify mean?
To give official approval to.
To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.
To overturn or defeat a bill proposed in Congress.
To be the same as or corresponding to.
Who were the Federalists?
Individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution.
A branch of government headed by the president.
Supporters of the Constitution.
A branch of government that interprets the nation's laws.
What does Veto mean?
To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.
To be the same as or corresponding to.
To overturn or defeat a bill proposed in Congress.
To give official approval to.
What is the Executive Branch responsible for?
Sharing power between federal and state governments.
Interpreting the nation's laws.
Making the nation's laws.
Carrying out the nation's laws and policies.
