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