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