Government Vocabulary

The branch of government that interprets the law.

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative
• Monarchy

Branch of government that creates the law.

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative
• Monarchy

Branch of government that enforces the law.

• Judicial
• Legislative
• Executive
• Monarchy

These ensure that no branch of government had more power than the other two branches.

• Checks and Balances
• Natural Rights
• Popular Sovereignty
• Federal System

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are called?

• Preamble
• Amendment
• Bill of Rights
• Natural Rights

The document that organized the United States Government

• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Constitution
• Declaration of Independence

A formal change to a document 

• Bill
• Law
• Amendment
• Veto

These include the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

• Protect rights
• We the people
• Natural rights
• Preamble

This is another name for the beginning part of something

• Preamble
• Bill
• Law
• Amendment

This is the concept that power in government belongs to the people.

• Natural Rights
• Popular Sovereignty
• Human Rights
• We the people