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