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american government
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05/06/2015
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Term
The first 10 amendments are known as:
 Definition
The bill of rights
Term
Form of government that organizes a
country so that all the land, houses and
factories belong to the government:
 Definition
Communism
Term
The respect and acceptance of other
state’s public acts, records and judicial
proceedings of every other state is:
 Definition
Full faith and credit
Term
Apportionment refers to:
 Definition
The number of federal representatives at Washington, D.C. based on the population of each state
Term
Government and its officers are always
subject to and never above the law is
known as:
 Definition
Rule of law
Term
The division of power between a central
government and several regional
governments:
 Definition
Federalism
Term
Changes and additions that become part
of the written language of the Constitution
is:
 Definition
Formal amendment
Term
A regular period of time a legislative body
conducts business:
 Definition
Session
Term
A form of government on which a dictator
and the dictator’s political party have
complete control over a country is:
 Definition
fascism
Term
An economic system which the
production of goods by factories,
business and farms is controlled to a high
degree by the government instead of
owners is:
 Definition
Socialism
Term
All the people of the representative of a
state or district:
 Definition
Constituents
Term
An extraordinary session of the legislative
body is a:
 Definition
Special Session
Term
All seats in the Senate are never up for
election at the same time is known as:
 Definition
Continuous body
Term
The inherent power to purchase private
property, at a fair price, for public use is:
 Definition
Eminent domain
Term
What does NAFTA symbolize?
 Definition
North American Free Trade Agreement
Term
A medieval system which people were
given land and protection by owners of
land, or a lord, in return worked and
fought for them:
 Definition
feudalism
Term
An example of expressed power:
 Definition
Power to lay and collect taxes
Term
To bring formal charges against a public
official by the lower house is to:
 Definition
impeach
Term
Each house sets up permanent
committees, to which similar bills are sent,
are known as:
 Definition
Standing committee
Term
What is the objective of NAFTA?
 Definition
Reduce and eventually eliminate trade barriers between its signed nations
Term
The United States is different than Great
Britain and Japan in this area of
government:
 Definition
The people elect the country’s leader
Term
This is an example of implied powers:
 Definition
Power to regulate a wind farm
Term
Proposed laws, or drafts of laws
presented to the House and Senate for
enactment:
 Definition
Bills
Term
Committees composed of members of both houses:
 Definition
Joint committees
Term
An attempt to “talk a bill to death:”
 Definition
Filibuster
Term
limit Debate:
 Definition
Cloture
Term
Refuse to sign a bill into a law
 Definition
Veto
Term
A provision to a bill that is not likely to
pass on its own merit and is attached to
an important measure, which is certain to
pass:
 Definition
Rider
Term
Special group set up for some specific
purpose, usually for a limited time:
 Definition
Select committees
Term
Process over time, which many changes
have been made to the Constitution
without changing the written language
 Definition
Informal Amendment
Term
This is the basic function of Congress:
 Definition
Translate public will into public policy
Term
Which is an implied power?
 Definition
Power to draft people into the military
Term
Which is an expressed power?
 Definition
Power to raise an army and navy
Term
Which of the following is an inherent
power?
 Definition
Regulating immigration
Term
Powers that both the national and states
have are known as:
 Definition
Concurrent powers
Term
Which is an executive power held by the
Senate?
 Definition
Confirm appointments of cabinet members
Term
Powers of the Constitution enumerates
the national government cannot do are:
 Definition
Denied
Term
If both houses pass a bill and the
President does nothing to the bill,
providing Congress is still in session, the
bill is:
 Definition
Automatically passed
Term
Powers strictly belonging to the states:
 Definition
Powers reserved the states
Term
The length of a representative’s term is:
 Definition
2 years
Term
The length of a Senator’s terms is:
 Definition
4 years
Term
Representatives must have been a U.S.
Citizen for 7 years, live in the state they
are elected and be:
 Definition
25 years old
Term
Senators must be a citizen for 9 years, be
a resident of the state form which they are
elected and be:
 Definition
30 years old
Term
Congress receives this salary annually:
 Definition
$ 174,000
Term
The president must be a natural born
citizen, lived in the U.S. for the past 14
years and be:
 Definition
35 years old
Term
The maximum number of years one
person can be president is:
 Definition
10 years
Term
What is the maximum number of terms an
individual can be president?
 Definition
2 four-year terms
Term
How much is the salary of the President?
 Definition
$400,000
Term
Which of the following is correct
presidential succession?
 Definition
Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro-tempore, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury
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