Government Vocabulary Quiz
Name:
Date:
Directions: Write the letter of the definition in the box before the word it defines.
Use capital letters.
A. the name of Ohio’s legislative branch
1. executive branch
B. the part of the government that has the authority to enforce laws
2. constitution
C. the name of the group of judges that lead Ohio’s judicial branch
3. democratic
D. the part of the government that has the authority to make laws
4. checks and balances
5. General Assembly
E. the part of the government that has the authority to interpret and
apply the law
6. supreme
F. to explain the meaning of something or to explain why something
has a major or important effect
7. Supreme Court
G. the idea that each branch of government keeps watch over the
others.
8. interpret
H. a written plan that states how a group, state, or country is to be
organized and run
I.
above all others in power, authority, rank, status, or skill
J.
having to do with governing in a way that citizens take part freely
and equally, usually by voting in elections
9. legislative branch
10. judicial branch
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Government Vocabulary Quiz
Governm ent Voc abulary Quiz • Answ er Key
Directions: Write the letter of the definition in the box before the word it defines. Use capital letters.
B
1. executive branch
A. the name of Ohio’s legislative branch
H
2. constitution
B. the part of the government that has the authority to enforce the
laws
J
3. democratic
C. the name of the group of judges that lead Ohio’s judicial branch
G
4. checks and balances
D. the part of the government that has the authority to make laws
A
5. General Assembly
E. the part of the government that has the authority to interpret and
apply the law
I
6. supreme
F. to explain the meaning of something or to explain why something
has a major or important effect
C
7. Supreme Court
G. the idea that each branch of government keeps watch over the
others
F
8. interpret
H. a written plan of government that states how a group, state, or
country is to be organized and run
D
9. legislative branch
I.
above all others in power, authority, rank, status, or skill
J.
E
10. judicial branch
having to do with governing in a way that citizens take part freely
and equally, usually by voting in elections
History from the Ohio Hills
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Government Vocabulary Quiz