Government and Civics: Vocabulary/Understanding

What document outlines how any government or organization will work?

• constitution

• The Amendment Process

• The Bill of Rights

• due process

What document explains how the U.S. government is set up and works, and sets limits for the government in our country so that our government doesn’t have too much power over us, the citizens?

• The Bill of Rights

• The U.S. Constitution

• constitution

• amendments

Soon after the U.S. Constitution was ratified, changes were added at the end. What are the first ten changes that outline citizens' rights called?

• The U.S. Constitution

• due process

• The amendment process

• The Bill of Rights

Rights are...

• what citizens are supposed to do for their country.

• what citizens are required to do or not do in their country.

• what citizens are allowed to do in their country.

Responsibilities are...

• what citizens are supposed to do for their country.

• what citizens are required to do or not do in their country.

• what citizens are allowed to do in their country.

Laws are...

• what citizens are supposed to do for their country.

• what citizens are required to do or not do in their country.

• what citizens are allowed to do in their country.

In our country, citizens are afforded the opportunity to prove their innocence or guilt after they've been accused of a crime. The steps that our law enforcers must follow so that they don't violate that right are called...

• The amendment process

• due process of law

• trial by jury

• Miranda Rights

True or False? Due process was created as a way to protect citizens' rights and ensure fairness.

• True

• False

___ is a change to the constitution that is meant to fix something that is wrong, outdated, or missing from the constitution.

• A correction

• A proposal

• A ratification

• An amendment

The amendment process is...

• the steps our law enforces must follow in order to ensure a citizens' rights aren't violated.

• the action of formally making something official.

• the steps our country must follow in order to change the U.S. Constitution.

• the list of the first ten changes we added at the end of the Constitution.