Civics Unit 3 Part 2 The Executive Branch Vocabulary Quiz

an organization of government departments, agencies, and offices

• cabinet

• legislature

• bureaucracy

• branch

a team of executive branch officials appointed by the President

• administration

• cabinet

• civil service

• legislature

a group of policy advisors to the President, including the executive department heads

• bureau

• lobbyists

• administration

• cabinet

official representatives to foreign governments

• constituents

• lobbyists

• ambassadors

• cabinet members

the branch of government responsible for carrying out laws

• olive branch

• legislative branch

• executive branch

• judicial branch

rules or regulations that employees in the executive branch must follow

• executive orders

• executive agreements

• executive privilege

• executive departments

arrangements with other countries about trade or foreign aid

• executive branches

• executive privilege

• executive agreements

• executive orders

the right to keep some information secret from Congress and the courts

• executive privilege

• executive agreement

• executive order

• executive membership

Cabinet-level organizations that carry out laws and run government programs

• executive branch

• executive departments

• executive agencies

• executive divisions

executive agencies, regulatory commissions, and government corporations

• executive bureau

• executive branch

• independent agencies

• executive department