Departments
Presidental Duties
Court System
Governments
Vocabulary
100
This department is responsible for protecting the health of American's and providing essential human services.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
100
This is the President's duty to be the top military officer.
What is the Commander in Chief?
100
This body of people was created by the Constitution to interpret the laws of the US.
What is the Supreme Court?
100
This form of local government is characterized as having an elected city mayor as the chief and an elected council as the legislative body.
What is a mayor-council?
100
This is a citizen's primary responsibility in the judicial system.
What is jury duty?
200
This executive agency is responsible for promoting job creation, economic growth, sustainable development and improved standards of living for all Americans.
What is the Department of Labor?
200
This is the President's duty to be the main architect of foreign policy.
What is the Chief Diplomat?
200
This is the power of a court to hear a case first.
What is original jurisdiction?
200
This form of local government is characterized as having an elected council that chooses the city chief executive in addition to an elected mayor with little actual power.
What is a council-manager?
200
This is the most significant regional security alliance that the US belongs to.
What is NATO?
300
This executive agency is responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring financial security of the United States.
What is the Commerce Department?
300
This is the President's duty to be the main architect of public policy.
What is Chief Legislator?
300
This is the power of the Supreme Court to overturn laws passed by Congress.
What is judicial acitivism?
300
This form of government is characterized as having the elected heads of city government departments act as the legislative and executive body.
What is a commission?
300
This is a process by which a certain number of qualified voters sign a petitions in favor of a proposed statute or constitutional amendment, which goes directly to the ballot.
What is an initiative?
400
The agency responsible for managing America's vast natural and cultural resources.
What is the Department of the Interior?
400
This is the President's duty to be the representative of all the people.
What is the Chief Citizen?
400
This is an order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for review.
What is writ of certiorari?
400
This is the most powerful committee in Idaho's legislature.
What is the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee?
400
This is a process by which a legislative measure is referred to the State's voters for final approval or rejection.
What is a referendum?
500
This executive agency is responsible for enforing the law and defending the interest of the United States, according to law.
What is the Attorney General?
500
This is the Presiden't duty to be the director of the executive branch.
What is the Chief Administrator?
500
This is a court order which prevents unjust arrests and imprisonments.
What is writ of habeas corpus?
500
This is the person who is next in line to take over executive power if the governor cannot fulfill the duties.
What is the Lieutenant Governor?
500
This is a petition procedure by which voters may remove an elected official from office before the completion of his or her regular term?
What is a recall?