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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is administration? | officials in the executive branch of government under a particular chief executive. |
| what is an ambassador? | A person to represent a country |
| what is biennial? | taking place ever other year. |
| what is a budget? | an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time |
| what is a bureaucracy? | important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. |
| what is the Cabnet? | the 24 people who represent the executive branch |
| what are checks and balances? | A way of making the 3 branches of government having equal power |
| what is the commission? | a group of people officially charged with a particular function. |
| what is commute? | reduce (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death) to one less severe. |
| what is diplomacy? | the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad. |
| what is an Electoral College? | a system of electing the US president using their votes. |
| what are electors? | a person with the write to vote. |
| what is the the embassy? | the official residence or offices of an ambassador. |
| what are executive agencies? | out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive. |
| what are executive departments? | The branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws |
| what is federalism? | the federal principle or system of government. |
| what is the government? | the governing body of a nation, state, or community. |
| what is to impeach? | To accuse an official of wrong doing. |
| what is to order of succession? | who becomes who after someone dies. |
| what is a pardon? | the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offense. |
| what is the regulatory commission? | an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. |
| what is reprieve? | cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death). |
| what is the State of Union? | a yearly address delivered each January by the president of the US to Congress, giving the administration's view of the state of the nation and plans for legislation. |
| what is the separation of powers? | an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. |
| what is the veto? | a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body. |
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