Global Citizenship Vocabulary Flashcards
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Congress
1.The national legislative body of a country.
Executive Branch
2.Part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws.
Legislative Branch
3.Part of the United States government that creates laws
Judicial Branch
4.The judicial branch includes criminal and civil courts and helps interpret the United States Constitution.
President
5.The elected head of a republican state.
Vice-President
6.An official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.
census
7.An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
Supreme Court
8.The highest judicial court in a country or state
House of Representatives
9.The lower house of the United States Congress.The House it is the most representative body in the federal government.
Senate
10.Any of various legislative or governing bodies, in particular.
liberalism
11.A political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.
conservatism
- A general preference for the existing order of society, and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change.
checks and balances
13.Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
democracy
14.A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.
politics
- activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.
Republican
16.Government has more say
Democrat
17.The people have a say
election
18.formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.
voting rights
19.law passed at the time of the civil rights movement. It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people..
Electoral College
20.a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
Constitution
21.a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
constitutional
22.Relating to an established set of principles governing a state.
veto
- To reject
