Executive Branch Vocabulary Quiz

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any employee who is appointed by the President, the Vice President, or agency head

• Political Appointee

• Ambassador

• Elector

• Cabinet

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the safekeeping of the nation as a whole

• Reprieve

• National Security

• Treaty

• Amnesty

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a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government

• Political Appointee

• Ambassador

• Executive Order

• Negotiate

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a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his or her own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment

• Political Appointee

• Executive Order

• Cabinet

• Ambassador

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to give relief or deliverance to for a time

• Reprieve

• Amnesty

• Pardon

• Treaty

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a contract in writing between two or more political authorities (such as states or sovereigns) formally signed by representatives duly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking authority of the state

• Amnesty

• Treaty

• Reprieve

• Pardon

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a body of advisers of a head of state

• Pardon

• Political Appointee

• Cabinet

• Elector

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to confer with another so as to arrive at the settlement of some matter

• Pardon

• Treaty

• Amnesty

• Negotiate

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a person qualified to vote in an election

• Elector

• Political Appointee

• Ambassador

• Cabinet

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the excusing of an offense without exacting a penalty

• Amnesty

• Pardon

• Treaty

• Reprieve