4th Grade Social Studies Ch. 9
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Vocabulary Terms in 4th Grade
Social Studies Ch. 9
Representatives
Popular Sovereignty
Inauguration
Unconstitutional
Democracy
Constitution
Federal
Rebellion
Territory
Ratify
Bill
Compromise
Republic
Delegate
Amendment
Cabinet
Veto
Convention
Capital
Citizen
Law
Interest
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 someone chosen
to speak and act for others?
Delegate
What do we call the rules of a
place?
Law
What do we call an idea that the people who live in
a place make decisions for themselves?
Popular Sovereignty
What do we call a fight against a
government?
Rebellion
What do we call a draft of a law presented to
a legislature for consideration?
Bill
What do we call a meeting of persons for a
common purpose?
Convention
What do we call a system in which the states
share power with the central government?
Federal
What do we call a settlement in which both
sides give up something they want?
Compromise
What do we call a government in which the people
have the power to make political decisions?
Democracy
What is another word for reject?
Veto
What do we call something that is not in
agreement with 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
What do we call someone who is chosen to
speak and act for others?
Representatives