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Civics: Federal Government
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civics
Instructions:
Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An effort by judges to avoid overturning laws and to leave policymaking up to the other two branches of government
Bill
Judicial Restraint
Opinion
Foreign Policy
2. A set of plans for dealing with national problems
Domestic Policy
Judicial Activism
Appellate Jurisdiction
Precedent
3. Proposed law
Executive Agreements
Treaties
Constituents
Bill
4. A law that convicts a person of a crime without a trial
Foreign Policy
Bureaucracy
Bill of Attainder
Pocket Veto
5. The use of long speeches to prevent a vote on a bill
Speaker of the House
Cabinet
Filibuster
Domestic Policy
6. The set of plans for guiding our nation's relationship with other countries
Foreign Policy
Judicial Review
Appeal
Judicial Activism
7. Agreement to end the debate on a bill
Bill
Cloture
Cabinet
Plaintiff
8. A team of executive branch officials
Congressional District
Bill of Attainder
Administration
Executive Agreements
9. The right to keep some information secret from Congress and the courts
Executive Branch
Appeal
Executive Privilege
Appellate Jurisdiction
10. A written statement explaining the reasons for the decision
Domestic Policy
Bill
Executive Agreements
Opinion
11. An important group of policy advisers to the President
Domestic Policy
Speaker of the House
Cabinet
Appellate Jurisdiction
12. Another name for the courts of appeals
Plaintiff
Circuit Courts
Domestic Policy
Administration
13. An organization of government departments - agencies - and offices
Judicial Activism
Courts of Appeals
Bureaucracy
Congressional District
14. Plan for raising and spending money
Budget
Lobbyists
Administration
Cloture
15. Appellate courts which handle appeals from the federal district courts
Executive Branch
Lobbyists
Defendant
Courts of Appeals
16. An individual or group of people who bring a complaint against another party
Filibuster
Ambassadors
Appeal
Plaintiff
17. The authority to hear a case first
Judicial Restraint
Bill of Attainder
Treaties
Original Jurisdiction
18. The power to overturn any law that the Court decides is in conflict with the Constitution
Bureaucracy
Judicial Review
Judicial Restraint
Domestic Policy
19. An officer who will preside over the Senate when the Vice President is absent
Circuit Courts
Judicial Activism
President Pro Tempore
Bureaucracy
20. The presiding officer over the House of Representatives
Domestic Policy
Speaker of the House
Executive Agreements
Ambassadors
21. The branch of government responsible for executing - or carrying out - the law
Cabinet
Executive Branch
Executive Agreements
Domestic Policy
22. A government body that brings a criminal charge against a defendant Who is accused of breaking one of its laws
Budget
Opinion
Prosecution
Bill
23. Formal agreements between nations
Judicial Restraint
Treaties
Judicial Review
Bill
24. Agreements with other countries that do not need Senate approval
Executive Agreements
Foreign Policy
Executive Privilege
Budget
25. The chief officers of the majority and minority parties in each house
Floor Leaders
Judicial Review
Bureaucracy
Original Jurisdiction
26. The authority to hear an appeal
Appellate Jurisdiction
Filibuster
Opinion
Bureaucracy
27. To ask a higher court to review the decision and determine if justice was done
Opinion
Plaintiff
Appeal
Judicial Activism
28. The area that a member of the House represents
Treaties
Opinion
Congressional District
Judicial Review
29. One of the ways a President can veto a bill - by pocketing or keeping the bill for ten days during which Congress ends its session
Precedent
Cloture
Opinion
Pocket Veto
30. Groups of people who work together for similar interests or goals
Constituents
Opinion
Interest Groups
Plaintiff
31. The people a lawmaker represents
Judicial Review
Foreign Policy
Constituents
Precedent
32. People who represent interest groups
Bill
Domestic Policy
Judicial Restraint
Lobbyists
33. The party who answers a complaint and defends against it
Executive Branch
Defendant
Prosecution
Bureaucracy
34. An effort by judges to take an active role in policymaking by overturning laws relatively often
Domestic Policy
Budget
Appellate Jurisdiction
Judicial Activism
35. A guideline for how all similar cases should be decided in the future
Precedent
Courts of Appeals
Plaintiff
Executive Agreements
36. The official representatives to foreign governments
Congressional District
Ambassadors
Circuit Courts
Appeal