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Gilchrist Constitution 2
Get ready for Constitution Quiz 2
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7th Grade
05/24/2010

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Natural Rights
Definition
Rights of life, liberty and property are called your what?
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Interpret
Definition
To say what something means and if it is legal is to
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Founding Fathers
Definition
Men who wrote the Constitution are called what?
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Constitution
Definition
A written plan of government
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State of nature
Definition
When there are no laws or rules it is called what?
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Unlimited Government
Definition
Type of government when the government has no rules. Govt can do anything
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Social agreement
Definition
When people agree to give up some of their rights in order for the government to protect them
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Limited Government
Definition
Type of government when the government has rules. There are things is can't do
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Legislative Branch
Definition
This branch makes the laws
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Executive
Definition
This branch is the president
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Judicial
Definition
This branch is the Supreme Court
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Executive
Definition
This branch carries out or enforces the laws
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Legislative
Definition
This branch is the Congress
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Judicial
Definition
This branch interprets the laws
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Legislative
Definition
This branch is the House of Representatives and the Senate
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Privilege
Definition
Special reward or right
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Expel
Definition
To remove from office
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Term
Definition
Time that a person serves in office
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Majority
Definition
1/2 + 1. More than half
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Bicameral
Definition
Means two house
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Unicameral
Definition
Means one house
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Capitol Building
Definition
Place where Congress meets
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Amend
Definition
To change
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Senate
Definition
Which house? Members of this house serve a 6 year term?
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House of Representatives
Definition
Which house? Members of this group can run at age 25?
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Senate
Definition
Which house? Members of this house must be 30 years old?
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House of Representatives
Definition
Which house? Members of this group serve a 2-year term?
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Senate
Definition
Which house? There are 100 members total in this group?
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House of Representatives
Definition
Which house? There are 435 people in this group?
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Census
Definition
Counting all the people to determine the population is called a
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Preamble
Definition
The introduction to the Constitution
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Impeach
Definition
To accuse an official of a crime
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7 Articles
Definition
Main body of the Constitution?
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Population
Definition
Number of representatives a state has is based on what?
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Speaker of the House
Definition
Who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives?
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435
Definition
How many representatives total?
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2
Definition
Each state will have this many senators?
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Vice-President
Definition
Who is the presiding officer of the Senate?
Term
Two-thirds 2/3
Definition
To convict someone in impeachment, this fraction of senators must vote guilty
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Checks and balances
Definition
Each branch has a way to check or make sure the others are doing their job is called what?
Term
Separation of Powers
Definition
This divided or separated the 3 jobs of government into 3 branches is called?
Term
2
Definition
How many houses of Congress?
Term
House of Representatives and Senate
Definition
What 2 houses make up the Congress?
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Introduction
Definition
What is the purpose of the Preamble?
Term
To make the laws
Definition
What is the job of the legislative branch?
Term
27
Definition
How many amendments total?
Term
House of Representatives
Definition
Which of the 2 houses has the power to accuse the official of a crime?
Term
It chooses the President pro tempore
Definition
If the Vice-President is absent, what does the Senate do?
Term
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Definition
Who acts as the judge in the impeachment of a president?
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Definition
Who acts as the judge in the impeachment of a president?
Term
3
Definition
How many branches of government?
Term
Articles of Confederation
Definition
What was the first government of the United States?
Term
From the people voting
Definition
Where does the government get the right to govern?F
Term
The state and the national government
Definition
The Federal System divides power between what 2 groups?
Term
1) Federal System
2) Separation of Powers
3) Checks and Balances
Definition
What are the 3 tools that keep 1 part of the government from becoming too powerful?
Term
Crazy, wild, chaos, out of control
Definition
What is life like in a state of nature?
Term
We need a government to make laws or everything would be in a state of nature or crazy.
Definition
Why do we need a government?
Term
To protect people's rights
Definition
According to John Locke, what is the main purpose of government?
Term
Because we are human
Definition
Why do we have natural right?
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