Unit 2 Vocabulary MC
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- Q1holds that no government is all powerful. That government may do only those things that the people have given it the power to do.limited government20s
- Q2government must be conducted according to constitutional principles.constitutionalism30s
- Q3holds that government and it officers, in all they do, are always subject to never above the law.Rule of Law30s
- Q4In a Presidential system, these basic powers are distributed-separated among three distinct and independent branches of government.Separation of powers30s
- Q5Each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks or restraints, by the other branches.Checks and balances30s
- Q6The President has the power to reject any act of Congress.veto30s
- Q7the power of the court to determine the constitutional checks or restraints by the other branches.judicial review30s
- Q8to declare illegal, null and void, of no force and effect a governmental action found to violate some provision in the constitution.unconstitutionalism30s
- Q9the division of power among a central government and several regional governments came to the constitution out of both experience and necessity.federalism30s
- Q10changes in its written wordsamendments30s
- Q11formal approvalratification30s
- Q12changes or additions that become part of the written languages of the constitution itself.formal amendment30s
- Q13the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.Bill of rights30s
- Q14a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state.executive agreement30s
- Q15is a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.treaty30s