chapter 7 matching quiz

**Constitution p. 187**

**a plan of government**

**Bicameral  p. 187**

**Legislature to divide the power even further**

**Republic p. 188**

**a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.** 

**Petition p. 190**

**apply to/sign your name to agree**

**Ordinance p. 190**

**a law**

**Depreciate p. 191**

to fall in value

**Depression p. 195**

**A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases.**

**Manumission p. 197**

**The freeing of individual enslaved persons.**

**Proportional  p. 199**

**corresponding in size**

**Compromise p. 200**

**an agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants**

**Amend p. 199**

to improve/edit

**Convention p. 198**

a meeting

**Federalism p. 206**

**sharing power between the federal and state governments**

 **Legislative branch p. 207**

**Law making branch**

**Executive branch p. 207**

**Headed by the president**

**Electoral College p. 207**

**A collage made of presidential electors**

**Judicial branch p. 208**

**court system**

**Checks & balances p. 208**

**each branch as ways to check, or limit, power of the others so that no single branch can dominate the government**

**Amendment p. 210**

**something added to a document**

**Tradition p. 205**

**cultural beliefs and practices**