| A | B |
|---|
| legislative | law making branch |
| judicial | court system |
| executive | executes or carrries out the laws |
| representative | member of Congress determined by population |
| senator | member of Congress in which each state has 2 members |
| democracy | form of government in which people elect officials |
| ratify | to pass |
| eighteen | legal voting age |
| amendement | to change the constitution |
| veto | to reject |
| one hundred | number of members in the Senate |
| four hundred thirty-five | number of members in the House of Representatives |
| role | job |
| checks and balances | a system in which each branch can check the other ,so that no branch has too much power |
