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