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Constitution Vocabulary Quiz

 

Directions: Match the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right.

1. allegiance a nation or government ruled by or in the name of a monarch whose power is either absolute or limited by a constitution.
2. legislature a group of governmental officials who head various departments in the Executive Branch and advise the president.
3. sovereign devotion or loyalty to a person, country, or cause.
4. democracy the principles of federal government.
5. political an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market.
6. monarchy a solemn pledge to do something, esp. a promise to tell the truth, as in a court of law.
7. federalism a person who is authorized to speak or act for one or more others, such as a representative to a conference or convention.
8. citizen of, relating to, or concerned with the theory or practice of politics.
9. capitalism a governmental assembly authorized to make, change, or revoke the laws of a state or nation.
10. amendment a form of government in which power ultimately rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives.
11. adjourn an addition to, change of, or deletion from a document such as a legislative bill or contract.
12. delegate a monarch or other royal ruler.
13. cabinet a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, esp. a nation.
14. oath to end the proceedings of (a meeting or the like) for a period of time.

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