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Civics 8 final exam cards
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Civics
8th Grade
05/30/2013

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Term

 

What is the role of the Executive Branch?

Definition

 

To enforce the laws

Term

 

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

Definition

 

To interpret the laws

Term

 

What are the three branches

of government

for the United States?

Definition

Legislative

Executive

Judicial

 

Term

 

Which Article of the Constitution defines the Executive Branch?

Definition

 

 

Article II

Term

 

Which Article of the Constitution

defines the Judicial Branch?

Definition

 

 

Article III

Term

 

Which Article of the Constitution

defines the Judicial Branch?

Definition

 

Article III

Term

 

What are the two divisions

of Congress?

Definition

 

Senate 

and 

House of Representatives

Term

 

How long is the term of a Senator?

Definition

 

6 years

Term

 

How long is the term for

a representative in the House?

Definition

 

 

2 years

Term

 

Why do Senator's have a longer

term in Congress?

Definition

 

To promote longer discussions/debate with experience in the Senate

Term

 

How many representatives for the Senate are appointed for each state?

Definition

 

 

2

Term

 

What is the state representation in the House based on?

Definition

 

the population of the state

Term

 

What is the House role for

a presidential impeachment?

Definition

 

to bring charges against the president

Term

 

What is the Senate role related

to presidential impeachment?

Definition

 

The Senate will hold a trial

Term

 

What is a bill?

Definition

 

a WRITTEN proposal to become a law

Term

 

Who is the titled president

to the

 Senate?

Definition

 

Vice President

Term

 

What does "e pluribus unum"

mean?

Definition

 

Out of many, one

Term

 

What is the Electoral College?

Definition

 

the process of electing a president through electorate assigned to states

Term

 

List three requirements

under Article II to be a

presidential candidate:

Definition

1. 35 years old

2. resided in the US for 14 years

3. US citizen

Term

 

What is one term for a president?

Definition

 

4 years

Term

 

What is the maximum terms

that a president can serve?

Definition

 

2 terms (or 8 years)

Term

 

What is the State of the Union Address?

Who gives this address?

When?

Definition

A report of the progress/status of the nation

 

The president

 

Beginning of the year

Term

 

Who choices a president if the Electoral Vote is equal for candidates?

Definition

 

House of Representatives

Term

 

Who choices a vice president if the Electoral Vote is equal for candidates?

Definition

 

Senate

Term

 

Define:  Commander in Chief

Definition

 

President shall command the military 

Term

 

Define: Chief Executive

Definition

 

The president shall lead the executive branch (be sure laws are executed)

Term

 

Define: Chief Diplomat

Definition

 

the president shall be

the most important

representative in foreign relations

Term

 

What are the roles

of the Vice President?

 

Definition

 

lead the Senate

and

whatever else the president assigns

Term

 

What is the presidential Cabinet?

Definition

 

the advisory group to the executives departments

Term

 

What security measures protect the president?

Definition

 

Secret Service

Special Transportation: Air Force One, protected vehicles

Term

 

What are the

three types of Federal Court?

Definition

 

District

Court of Appeals

Supreme

Term

 

What does it mean to be

the plantiff in a case?

Definition

 

the individual or group that brings the complaint

Term

 

What is the difference

between a

plantiff and prosecution?

Definition

 

Prosecution is a criminal case

brought by a government body

Term

 

Define the term "defendant"

Definition

 

person or party that

answers a complaint

and defends against it

Term

 

What is a jury?

Definition

 

a group of peers deciding facts of a case

Term

 

What is jurisdiction?

Definition

 

the region/authority to hear a case

Term

 

What is the purpose

of the court of appeals?

Definition

 

To review the process of the lower courts and make a decision:

affirm, reverse, remand

Term

 

The Supreme Court will hear appeals for cases related to ___________rights.

Definition

 

Constitutional

Term

 

Marbury vs. Madison

(1803)

Definition
The case when John Adams attempted to appoint Justices ending his term, and proved by JUDICIAL REVIEW, balance of powers
Term

 

Brown

vs.

Topeka Board of Education

(1954)

Definition
case regarding school segregation found to be "unconstitutional"
Term

 

Is there a jury in the court of appeals?

Definition

 

No, only judges review cases

Term

 

Who appoints the

Supreme Court Justices?

Definition

 

the president

Term

 

How long is the term

of a

Supreme Court Justice?

Definition

 

Until death or resignation

Term

Plessy

v.

Ferguson

(1896)

Definition

 

This case was about segregation on railroad cars, determined it was okay to have

"separate but equal"

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