ch2vocab

5 Written Questions

1. The authority of a chief executive to delete part of a bill passed by the legislature that involves taxing or spending. The legislature may override a veto, usually with a two-thirds majority of each chamber.
2. the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers
3. a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions committed or relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law
4. government by elected representatives
5. legal restriction of commerce or shipping

5 Matching Questions

1. Limited government
2. Popular Sovereignty
3. Coalition
4. Jury
5. Ratified

1. a approved formally
2. b a government in which anything more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is generally disallowed by law, usually in a written constitution
3. c A group of people chosen to give a decision in a law case
4. d political principle that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power
5. e An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a change or addition to a legal or statutory document
   1. Amendment
   2. Repeal
   3. Ceded
   4. Anarchy
2. refuse to deal with, refuse to buy
   1. Boycott
   2. Coalition
   3. Tariff
   4. Repeal
3. tax on imports or exports
   1. Jury
   2. Tariff
   3. Ratified
   4. Charter
4. incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
   1. Repeal
   2. Unalienable
   3. Extralegal
   4. Unicameral
5. state is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that no one branch has more power than the other branches.
   1. Ratified
   2. Faction
   3. Separation of Powers
   4. Martial Law

5 True/False Questions

1. Habeas corpus → judicial mandate requiring that a prisoner be brought before the court to determine whether the government has the right to continue detaining them.

   True        False

2. Extralegal → the authority of the law; not regulated by the law.

   True        False

3. Arbitrary → Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

   True        False

4. Martial Law → the authority of the law; not regulated by the law.

   True        False

5. Faction → A small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics

   True        False