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Unit 2 Vocabulary MC

Quiz by PHYLLIS WILLIAMS

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  • Q1
    holds that no government is all powerful. That government may do only those things that the people have given it the power to do.
    limited government
    20s
  • Q2
    government must be conducted according to constitutional principles.
    constitutionalism
    30s
  • Q3
    holds that government and it officers, in all they do, are always subject to never above the law.
    Rule of Law
    30s
  • Q4
    In a Presidential system, these basic powers are distributed-separated among three distinct and independent branches of government.
    Separation of powers
    30s
  • Q5
    Each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks or restraints, by the other branches.
    Checks and balances
    30s
  • Q6
    The President has the power to reject any act of Congress.
    veto
    30s
  • Q7
    the power of the court to determine the constitutional checks or restraints by the other branches.
    judicial review
    30s
  • Q8
    to declare illegal, null and void, of no force and effect a governmental action found to violate some provision in the constitution.
    unconstitutionalism
    30s
  • Q9
    the division of power among a central government and several regional governments came to the constitution out of both experience and necessity.
    federalism
    30s
  • Q10
    changes in its written words
    amendments
    30s
  • Q11
    formal approval
    ratification
    30s
  • Q12
    changes or additions that become part of the written languages of the constitution itself.
    formal amendment
    30s
  • Q13
    the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
    Bill of rights
    30s
  • Q14
    a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state.
    executive agreement
    30s
  • Q15
    is a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.
    treaty
    30s

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