| Definition | Vocabulary Term |
| To change? | |
| Any change in the constitution? | |
| A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses ? | |
| The first ten amendments to the Constitution? | |
| A system in which each branch of government is able to check, or restrain, the power of others? | |
| The study of rights and duties of citizens? | |
| A detailed, written plan for the government? | |
| A representative to a meeting? | |
| A government in which citizens hold the power to rule? | |
| A form of democracy in which people vote firsthand? | |
| A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president? | |
| The branch of government that carries out laws? | |
| Self-reliance and freedom from outside control? | |
| The branch of government that interprets laws? | |
| The lawmaking branch of government ? | |