Vocab 1
Process for electing the U.S. President, consisting of 538 electors allocated to states
a) Electoral college
b) Cabinet
c) Veto
a) Electoral college
Money that is owed to a person, bank, business, or government
a) Treasurer
b) Debt
c) Jury
b) Debt
What are often considered the most important amendments?
A Congress
B The amendment of 1992
C The Bill of Rights
C The Bill of Rights
What do inferior courts have to follow?
A Decisions made in district courts
B Decisions made in the Supreme Court
C Dissenting opinions
B Decisions made in the Supreme Court
Branch of Congress that interprets laws
a) Executive branch
b) Legislative branch
c) Judicial branch
c) Judicial branch
Rights that protect people from discrimination under the law
a) Civil Rights
b) Mixed Market
c) Profit
a) Civil Rights
How many senators are there?
A 200
B 100
C 50
B 100
What are the two houses of Congress?
A The Library of Congress and the Congressional Budget Office
B The House of Representatives and the Senate
C The House of Representatives and the Library of Congress
B The House of Representatives and the Senate
Money charged to the people to pay for government projects
a) Impeach
b) Tax
c) Veto
b) Tax
Money made, the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in creating a product or service
a) Mixed Market
b) Profit
c) Debt
b) Profit
What does the right to free speech protect?
A Protection from being arrested
B Protection from being fired from their job
C Protection from from receiving hate speech
A Protection from being arrested
What happens in communism?
A The government owns the land and property
B The people own the land and property
C Democracy
A The government owns the land and property
To reject a decision or proposal
a) Cabinet
b) Veto
c) Tax
b) Veto
The person who manages the budget
a) Treasurer
b) Mayor
c) Jury
a) Treasurer
What happens to account for gaps in the Constitution?
A New constitutions are written
B Laws are written
C Governors write laws
B Laws are written
Why did the Constitution create three separate branches of government?
A So the president had more power
B So the legislative branch had the most power
C So no one person had too much power
C So no one person had too much power
Branch of Congress that makes laws
a) Executive branch
b) Legislative branch
c) Judicial branch
b) Legislative branch
A document given by the government allowing the police to arrest someone or search their property
a) Mayor
b) Jury
c) Warrant
c) Warrant
Who can run for office?
A Most U.S. citizens who meet the requirements
B Only people who have already run for office
C School board members
A Most U.S. citizens who meet the requirements
Who is the head of the executive branch in a city or town?
A The mayor
B The municipality
C The city attorney
A The mayor
The people who advise the president, including the vice president and the leaders of each executive office
a) Cabinet
b) Electoral College
c) Impeach
a) Cabinet
An economic system in which both businesses and the government have power
a) Mixed Market
b) Profit
c) Debt
a) Mixed Market
How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?
A 25
B 7
C 435
C 435
What are longer and more detailed than the U.S. Constitution?
A State constitutions
B The upper house and the lower house
C Amendments
A State constitutions
To charge a government official, like the president, with a crime or serious offense
a) Veto
b) Cabinet
c) Impeach
c) Impeach
Randomly chosen people who listen to a court case and decide on a verdict
a) Jury
b) Warrant
c) Treasurer
a) Jury
What is the world's oldest constitution that is still used today?
A The United States Constitution
B The Articles of Confederation
C The British Constitution
A The United States Constitution
What is required to win the presidency?
A A majority of electoral votes
B The popular vote
C Representation in Congress
A A majority of electoral votes
Branch of Congress that enforces laws
a) Executive branch
b) Legislative branch
c) Judicial branch
a) Executive branch
The elected executive leader of a city or town
a) Jury
b) Warrant
c) Mayor
c) Mayor
What happens if the jury finds the defendant guilty?
A The charges are dismissed
B The jury decides the sentence
C The judge determines the sentence
C The judge determines the sentence
How many branches of government do state governments have?
A Three
B Two
C 50
A Three