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Glossary
Solve This Answers amendment (uh-MEND-ment) a law added to the Constitution (page 5)
ballot (BA-lut) a record of a voter's votes, sometimes on a
1. Page 5: 7. Page 21: slip of paper (page 21)
a. 116 days a. 60,000 cards; 120,000 cards bill (BIL) a proposed law (page 7)
b. 29 months b. 100 minutes, or one hour and budget (BUH-jet) a plan for spending money (page 24)
c. 222 years (in 2010) 40 minutes;500 minutes, or
candidate (KAN-dih-date) someone who is running for office (page 19)
2. Page 8: eight hours and 20 minutes
a. House needs 218 checks and balances (CHEKS and BA-luns-ez) each branch of the government
for a majority and 8. Page 22: can check the decisions of the others (page 6)
Senate needs 51 $15.93; $15.59; $16.23; $15.93 citizen (SIH-tih-zen) someone who lives in a country and shows
b. House needs 290 for a two-thirds 9. Page 23: loyalty to it (page 2)
majority and Senate needs 67. a. $3,850 b. $8,316 constitution (kahn-stih-TOO-shun) a plan for a government (page 4)
10. Page 25:
3. Page 9: Answers will vary; with $1.00 deficit (DEH-fih-sit) in a budget, the amount by which expenses
exceed income (page 27)
for lunch each day,
discretionary income drops to delegate (DEH-leh-gut) a representative at a meeting (page 4)
$8.00 each week. democracy (dih-MAH-kruh-see) a system of government in which
11. Page 27: the citizens make decisions by voting (page 2)
a. $16.00 b. $23.00 federal (FEH-duh-rul) at the national level (page 6)
c. $12.00
judicial review (joo-DIH-shul rih-VYOO) the process by which the
12. Page 28: Supreme Court decides whether the country's laws are
constitutional (page 13)
polling place (POLE-ing PLASE) a local voting site (page 20)
primary (PRY-mair-ee) a special election held by political parties
4. Page 13:
to choose candidates for general elections (page 19)
a. 64.4 years (in 2010)

b. 27 years
c. Scalia, 24 years (in 2010) ratify (RA-tih-fy) to approve a law (page 4)
register (REH-jih-ster) to sign up to vote (page 18)
d. Kagan, 0 years (in 2010) separation of powers (seh-puh-RAY-shun UV POW-erz) each branch of the
5. Page 16: government has its own powers and responsibilities
a. 71 years (page 6)
b. 1949 c. 1992 (in 2010)
suffrage (SUH-frij) the right to vote (page 14)
6. Page 18: surplus (SER-plus) in a budget, the amount by which income
a. Democratic Party, 178 years (in exceeds expenses (page 27)
2010) b. Federalists, 8 years
veto (VEE-toh) to say no to (page 7)
30 c. 20 years 31

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