4th Grade Social Studies Ch. 9
Mrs. Thornburg’s version
Vocabulary Terms in 4th Grade
Social Studies Ch. 9
Interest
Inauguration
Unconstitutional
Democracy
Constitution
Federal System
Territory
Checks and Balances
Compromise
Republic
Political Party
Amendment
Cabinet
Ordinance
Ratify
Capital
Citizen
What do we call a written plan for government?
Constitution
What do we call an official member of a city, state,
or nation?
Citizen
What do we call land ruled by a national
government but which has no representatives in
the government?
Territory
What do we call a government in which the
citizens elect leaders to represent them?
Republic
What is another word for accept?
Ratify
What do we call a change to the Constitution?
Amendment
What do we call a system that lets each branch
limit the power of the other two?
Checks and Balances
What do we call a group of people who share
similar ideas about government?
Political Party
What is another word for law?
Ordinance
What do we call a system in which the states
share power with the central government?
Federal System
What do we call it when both sides give up
something to settle a disagreement?
Compromise
What do we call a government in which the people
have the power to make political decisions?
Democracy
What do we call something that does not follow the
rules laid out by the Constitution?
Unconstitutional
What do we call the official ceremony to make
someone President?
Inauguration
What do we call a group chosen by the President
to help run the executive branch and give advice?
Cabinet
What do we call what people pay to borrow
money?
Interest
What do we call a city where a government
meets?
Capital