| A | B |
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| administration | a team of executive branch officials appointed by the President |
| ambassadors | official representatives to foreign governments |
| bureaucracy | an organization of government departments, agencies, and offices |
| Cabinet | a group of policy advisors to the President, including the executive department heads |
| Floor leader | guides bills through Congress and is chief officer of minority or majority party in the House or Senate |
| president of the Senate | Vice President of the United States |
| President pro tempore | presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent |
| Speaker of the House | presides over sessions, decides who may speak, appoints committee members |
| worker roles | auto mechanic, doctor |
| family member roles | father, cousin |
| social roles | B. school basketball player, club secretary |
| citizen roles | voter taxpayer |
| social group roles | consumer, citizen, friend |
| appeal | to ask a higher court to review a decision |
| defendant | a party who answers a complaint in court |
| executive agreements | arrangements with other countries that do not need Senate approval |
| executive branch | the branch of the government responsible for carrying out laws |
| executive orders | rules or regulations that executive branch employees must follow |
| executive privilege | the right to keep some information secret from Congress and the courts |
| independent agencies | executive agencies, regulatory commissions, and government corporations |
| plaintiff | an individual or group that brings a complaint against another party |
| precedent | a guideline of how similar court cases should be decided in the future |
| prosecution | a government body that brings charges against a person accused of breaking the law |
| delegated powers | powers given to Congress |
| federalism | is the division of power between the states and the federal government |
| checks and balances | 19. A system that gives each branch of government ways to limit the power of the other branches |
| veto | means to reject a bill |
| separation of church and state | the government may not favor any religion |
| impeach | 22. To accuse a high government official of serious wrongdoing |
| double jeopardy | the government cannot put a person on trial twice for the same crime |
| due process of law | the government must treat accused persons according to rules established by law |
| eminent domain | the government has the power to take private property for public use |
| bicameral | means composed of two houses |
