US Constitution
Guiding Principles
Roles & Responsibilities
SAT Words
Research
100
A single, long sentence that defines the broad purpose of the republican government.
What is the Preamble?
100
Power is divided between central government and the individual state and local governments
What is federalism?
100
Has the power to veto.
Who is the president?
100
A _______ jock likes to joke around.
What is jocular?
100
Words are taken exactly from a book, author, or character using quotation marks.
What is a direct quote?
200
This article sets up Congress as the lawmaking body in government.
What is Article I?
200
The people and their government must abide by a set of laws, rather than by arbitrary rules set down by any individual or group.
What is Rule of Law?
200
This house has two members from each state elected every six years.
What is the Senate?
200
John took Aleve to _______ his headache.
What is alleviate?
200
Involves putting a passage from source material into your own words.
What is a paraphrase?
300
This article defines the jurisdiction of the federal courts, specifying the types of cases that can be tried
What is Article III?
300
Power resides not with the government or its leaders but with the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
300
Interprets the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
300
That was a _______ mosaic. All in one dull shade of tile.
What is prosaic?
300
An alphabet letter that identifies where the information was found.
What is a source letter?
400
Protection of Individual Rights
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
Powers and responsibilities are divided among three government branches to prevent any one person or group from having too much power.
What is separation of powers and checks and balances?
400
Only president to resign prior to being impeached.
Who is Richard M. Nixon?
400
Hal is impartial. That is why he's a good man to _____ between two gangs.
What is mediate?
400
Research database that we first used.
What is EBSCO?
500
States that federal law supersedes all state and local laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
500
The judicial branch is established as an independent entity, free of pressures and influences from the other two branches.
What is independent judiciary?
500
Only allowed to vote in the Senate when necessary to break a tied vote
Who is the Vice President?
500
She is a ______ drunk. A fight always happens when I'm with her.
What is belligerent/bellicose?
500
Due date of the project.
What is 12/10/10.
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