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| 4. | to make an agreement |
| 5. | to officially approve the passage of a bill to a law |
| 6. | when the President dies and the Vice president takes over and finishes the jobs that the President started |
| 8. | the term used to describe the government of a dictator |
| 9. | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence |
| 13. | 100 members in the senate, 2 senators from each state make up senate, term of office 6 years, vice president is the president of senate |
| 15. | chief executive of local level |
| 16. | when you think that your country or culture is the best and better then every other country. Extreme patriotism, support the leaders on everything; blind obedience, whatever the leaders do, you agree with |
| 19. | a proposed law that must be approved by both parts of our congress |
| 20. | Also known as the national or central level of government. It has the authority over the entire country |
| 22. | a societies way of regulating relations between individuals and groups of people. A political system is the way the leaders are selected, (or seize power) and the methods they use to govern their people |
| 24. | a group of the President's advisors |
| 27. | It consists of the President, Vice President, and the Cabinet. This branch enforces the law |
| 32. | keeps any one branch from gaining too much power |
| 34. | to choose the person that you want to be in office and who you feel is best to run the country; your individual decision |
| 36. | the right of all responsible and law abiding U.S. citizens to own a firearm. This was written into the US Constitution by its framers as the 2nd most important right a free man living in a democracy should possess |
| 38. | the document written by the founding fathers that outlines the organization of our government, and lists all of the laws and rules that govern all citizens of this country |
| 40. | the Supreme Courts power to overturn any law that it decides it is in conflict with the Constitution |
| 41. | It has the authority over the state it represents |
| 42. | chief executive of state level |
| 43. | the act that allows law enforcement officials to read your email to learn how much money you withdrew from the bank and ask librarians what books you checked out; it also allows them to enter your house with no search warrant |
| 44. | an elected law making body |
| 45. | a political system which all people share equally in controlling their government. Basic freedoms are safeguarded in a written Constitution |
| 46. | to accuse the President or other high government official of serious wro |