GOVERNMENT FINAL REVIEW
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Unit 1
.A form of democracy in which the people govern themselves by voting
on issues:
.A form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the
people:
a. rule by the people:
.A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government
with the power to make and enforce law without consent of any higher
authority:
.A change to the Constitution:
.A country who's population share a common identity:
.A form of democracy in which the people elect representatives and give
them the responsibility and power to make laws and conduct
government:
.a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to
nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government and
determine public policy:
.a government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly
recognized limits on the powers of those who govern:
.a government that divides the powers of government between the
national government and state or provincial governments
.a plan that provides for the rules of government:
.a position that favors state and local action in the dealing with
problems:
.a statement in a constitution that sets forth the goals and purposed of
government
.a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts:
Warrant
clause in Article I Section 8 of the Constitution that fives the Congress
the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the
powers expressed in the other clauses of Article I
Having supreme power within its own territory; neither subordinate
nor responsible to any other authority:
plan calling for a strong national legislature with two chambers ; lower
one chosen by the people, and the upper chamber chosen by the lower;
strong national executive tobe chosen by the national legislature; and a
national judiciary to be appointed by the legislature; based on
population:
plan calling for a unicameral legislature with one vote from each state:
power is divided between national and state governments:
powers directly stated in the Constitution:
Powers that both the national government and the states have:
powers that the government requires to carry out the expressed
constitutional powers:
powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government:
expressed, implied, and inherent:
statement in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that the
Constitution, laws passed by Congress and treaties of the U.S. shall be
the supreme law of the land:
states that the government must follow proper constitutional
Direct democracy
Democracy
Popular sovereignty
state
Amendment
Nation state
Representative
democracy
Political party
Constitutional
government
Federal system
Constitution
States rights
Preamble
warrant
Elastic clause
sovereign
Virginia Plan
New Jersey
Federalism
Expressed powers
Concurrent powers
Implied powers
Delegated powers
Supremacy clause
Due process of law
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procedures in trials and other actions it takes against individuals:
25. the division of power among the legislative, executive, judicial branches
of government
26. the expressed powers of Congress that are itemized and numbered 1-18
in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
27. The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
28. the system where each branch of government exercises some control
over the others
Unit 2
29. a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate
candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public
policy: political party
30. a group of people with common goals who organize to influence government:
interest group
31. a law that gives reporters some means of protection against being forced to
disclose confidential information or sources in sate courts:
32. a person fleeing a country to escape persecution or danger:
33. Criminal procedures, speedy trial, confront witnesses, have an attorney:
34. direct contact made by a lobbyist in order to persuade government officials to
support the policies their interest group favors:
35. Excessive fines and unusual punishments are forbidden:
36. false speech intended to damage a person's reputation:
37. false speech that damages a person's good name, character, or reputation:
38. false written or published statements intended to damage a person's
reputation:
39. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of
Assembly, Freedom to Petition the Government.:
40. gives citizens 18 or older the right to vote (1971):
41. Poll taxed outlawed. (1964):
42. protecting of voting rights (1870
43. Protection from illegal searches & seizures: Amendment 4
44. retrial of a person who was acquitted in a previous trial for the same crime:
45. Right to keep and bear arms:
46. rights of accused, self incrimination, double jeopardy, due process of law,
private property for public use:
47. testifying against one's self:
48. the 1st Amendment guarantee that "congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion:
49. the 1st Amendment guarantee that prohibits government from unduly
interfering with the free exercise of religion:
50. the legal process by which a person is granted citizenship:
51. the practice of granting favors to reward party loyalty:
52. the right to vote:
53. unfair treatment of individuals based solely on their race, gender, ethnic group,
age, physical disability, or religion:
54. women's suffrage/right to vote (1920):
Unit 3
55. a formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official:
56. a law proposed to raise money:
57. a legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents:
58. a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by making long speeches to stall the
Separation of powers
Enumerated powers
Bill of rights
Checks & balances
Political party
Interest group
Shield laws
Refugee
6th amendment
Lobbying
8th amendment
Slander
Defamatory speech
Libel
1st amendment
26th amendment
24th Amendment
15th Amendment
4th Amendment
Double jeopardy
2nd amendment
5th amendment
Self incrimination
Establishment
clause
Free exercise
clause
Naturalization
Patronage
Suffrage
Discrimination
19th Amendment
Impeachment
Revenue bill
Subpoena
Filibuster
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legislative process and preventing a vote:
a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent:
a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office:
a procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill under
debate:
a proposed law to authorize spending money: appropriations bill
a proposed law:
a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress:
a system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest
uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that
committee:
a two-chamber legislature:
67. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives Congress the power
to make all laws that are needed to carry out the powers specifically delegated
to it by the Constitution. Sometimes called the elastic clause
68. elected official that is already in office:
69. freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal
acts:
70. official count of the population:
71. powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution:
72. powers that are stated directly in the Constitution:
73. the act of lying under oath:
74. the people who work directly for individual senators and representatives:
75. the President's refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program:
76. the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every
census:
77. the provisions congress wrote into some laws that allowed it to review and
cancel actions of executive agencies:
78. the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the
Senate in the absence of the vice president:
79. the Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party's
legislative program and to steer important bills through the House:
80. To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections:
81. to set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete:
Unit 4 The Executive Branch
82. member of a party chosen in each state to formally elect the president and vice
president:
83. one of the president's top assistants who is in charge of media relations:
84. one who works for a department or agency of the federal government—civil
servant: t
85. secretaries of the executive departments, the vice president, and other top
officials that help the president make decisions and policy:
86. the official vote for president and vice president by electors in each state:
87. the order in which officials fill the office of president in case of a vacancy:
88. the practice of granting favors to reward party loyalty:
89. the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive
examinations and merit:
90. the practice of victorious politicians rewarding their followers with government
jobs:
Constituent
Caucus
Cloture
Appropriations bill
bill
Calendar
Seniority system
Bicameral
legislature
Necessary &
proper clause
Incumbent
immunity
Census
Implied powers
Expressed powers
Perjury
Personal staff
Impoundment
Reapportionment
Legislative veto
President pro
tempore
Majority leader
Gerrymander
Redistrict
Elector
Press secretary
Bureaucrat
Cabinet
Electoral vote
Presidential
succession
Patronage
Civil service
system
Spoils system
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The President's refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program:
the purchasing of materials
release of secret information by anonymous government officials to the media:
to postpone or cancel punishment:
to reduce regulations:
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Unit 5
96. A crime more serious than a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment
for more than one year or death.:
97. allows people to vote a governor out of office:
98. an offense less serious than a felony and which may be punished by a fine or
sentence to a local prison for less than one year:
99. Nathan Deal/Casey Cagle
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education, zoning, police and fire departments, water supply, sewage
and sanitation, transportation, social services, recreation and cultural
activities: government services
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form of municipal government in which executive power belongs to an
elected mayor and legislative power to an elected council:
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head of the state executive branch:
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Nathan Deal:
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new people move into an area and change its character:
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one relating to disputes among two or more private individuals or
between individuals and the government:
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pays for schools:
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power held by the council in a municipality:
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power held by the mayor in a municipality:
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property tax, sales tax, income tax, fines, federal money:
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prosecution presents evidence for a trial to a jury of citizens:
restore an area by changing its uses and appearances:
tax determined by state legislatures:
the typically unanimous decision a jury makes in a trial:
time in prison, money, community service, judges' discretion:
to set up a legal community; create municipalities:
vice president of the state:
impoundment
Procurement
Leak
Reprieve
deregulate
Felony
Recall
Misdemeanor
Ga Gov/Lt
Governor
Government
services
Mayor-council
form
Governor
Ga governor
Gentrification
Civil case
Property tax
Weak mayor
council
Strong mayor
council
Sources of state
and local
Grand jury
Urban renewal
State income tax
Verdict
Ex of sentences
incorporation
Lieutenant governor