Unit 1 Chapter 1 George Washington Presidency Vocabulary Quiz

What is the Electoral College?

• A school where leaders are trained

• A group of representatives who elect the president and vice president

• A court system that makes laws

• A type of money system

George Washington was the first and only president elected unanimously by the __________.

• Judicial Circuit

• Currency

• Electoral College

• Precedent

What is an inaugural ceremony?

• A parade celebrating soldiers

• The official events where a new leader takes office

• A law passed by Congress

• A system of courts in each region

Which of these shows an oath of office?

• A president promising to follow the law with his hand on a Bible

• A farmer planting crops for the new year

• A judge writing new laws

• A banker giving out money

Which word means “an example for future actions or decisions”?

• Debt

• Precedent

• Currency

• Frontier

Washington wanted to set the right __________ for future presidents.

• Precedent

• Currency

• Frontier

• Ceremony

What does diverse mean?

• Having many different types or parts

• A promise to follow the law

• Money owed after borrowing

• The edge of settled land

Alexander Hamilton wanted a __________ economy with both farming and manufacturing.

• Judicial

• Domestic

• Diverse

• Indebted

What does domestically mean?

• Within a country; nationally

• In another country

• At the frontier

• With many different parts

What is debt?

• A system of money

• A promise made by an official

• Money owed after borrowing

• A lower court in a region