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Vocabulary
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Checks and Balances
100

What is a "bill?"

an idea for a law, what a law is called before it becomes a law

100

What is another name for the Legislative Branch?

Congress/Senate

100
Who is the leader of the Executive Branch?
the President
100
What is the name of the most important court in the country?
the Supreme Court
100
Who can veto a bill if he or she does not agree with it?
The President
200
What does veto mean?
to say "no" to a bill; to reject
200
What are the two parts of the Legislative Branch?
Senate and House of Representatives
200

What is the job of the Vice President?

To be prepared to become a replacement president in case anything happens to the president

200

What do you call the head of the Judicial Branch?

The Chief Justice

200
Who gets to vote for the people in the Legislative Branch?
the people of the US who are 18 years or older
300

What does "democracy" mean?

A fair way of ruling that includes voting and making sure all voices are heard

300

How many people are in the Senate?

24

300

What do you call the advisers of the president like the secretary of health or the secretary of tourism. 


C______ members

Cabinet members

300
For how long can a person be a Supreme Court justice?
for life or until he or she retires
300
Which branch of government decides if a law that was passed is fair?
Judicial Branch
400
What is a justice?
a judge on the Supreme Court
400

How does the Legislative Branch check and balance the Executive Branch?

The Legislative Branch approves the budgets and plans of the president

400

How long can a person be president in the Philippines

6 years

400

What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

to make sure that laws are fair, say if laws are constitutional or unconstitutional

400
Who decides who the justices on the Supreme Court are?
the President selects them and the Senate approves them
500

What is a constitution?

a plan for the government, a rulebook for a country

500
What is the job of the Legislative Branch?
to make the laws
500

What is the job of the executive branch?

to make sure that the laws are enforced. ( To make sure people follow the law), to make plans so that laws happen

500

Where is the Supreme Court of the Philippines, which is also the capital of the Philippines?

Manila

500
What does the term "checks and balances" mean?
to make sure that all the laws and powers are fair so that one person or group cannot have all the power