unit 1 vocab

What is the role of the Electoral College?

• To create laws for the country

• To elect the president and vice president based on the popular vote in each state

• To manage the country's finances

• To oversee the judicial system

What is an inaugural ceremony?

• A series of official events in which a newly elected candidate is installed in, or takes, office

• A celebration of the country's independence

• A meeting of the Supreme Court

• A gathering of the Electoral College

What does the oath of office represent?

• A promise made by a government official to obey the law and fulfill the responsibilities of their job

• A declaration of war

• A pledge to pay taxes

• A commitment to serve in the military

What is a precedent?

• A law passed by Congress

• An example for future actions or decisions

• A type of currency

• A judicial circuit

What does the term "diverse" mean?

• Having many different types or parts

• Relating to a country's domestic affairs

• Owing money after borrowing it

• A system of money

What does "domestically" refer to?

• Relating to or originating with a country; nationally

• A promise made by a government official

• A newly settled area

• A lower court organized according to region

What is debt?

• Money owed after borrowing it

• A system of money

• A type of judicial circuit

• An example for future actions

What is currency?

• A system of money

• A promise made by a government official

• A newly settled area

• A type of judicial circuit

What is a judicial circuit?

• Lower courts that are organized according to region

• A system of money

• A newly settled area

• An example for future actions

What is a frontier?

• Where newly settled areas meet unsettled but not necessarily uninhabited areas

• A system of money

• A type of judicial circuit

• A promise made by a government official