In Class: Finalization of bills.
Bell work: Who has more power, a senator, or a representative? Explain why.
8th Grade Vocabulary Definitions Week 8 Chapter 6
1) presidential
succession: The order in which the office of president is to be filled if it
becomes vacant.
2) foreign policy: A
country’s plan for dealing with other countries of the world.
3) diplomacy: The art of
dealing with foreign governments.
4) treaties: Written
agreements between nations.
5) reprieve: A
postponement in the carrying out of a prison sentence.
6) pardon: An official
act by the president or by a governor forgiving a person convicted of a crime
and freeing that person from serving out his or her sentence.
7) commutation: The act
of making a convicted person’s sentence less severe.
8) secretary: An
official who heads an executive department in the federal government.
9) attorney general: The
chief legal officer of the nation or of a state.
10) ambassadors: The highest-ranking
officials representing a government in a foreign country.
11) embassy: The official residence of an
ambassador in a foreign country.
12) consul: An official who works to
promote U.S. commercial interests in a foreign country.
13) visas: Documents that allow people
from one country to visit another country.
14) bureaucracy: The many departments and
agencies at all levels of government.
15) neutral: To not favor one side over
the other in a dispute.
16) distinct: Recognizably different.Mr. Moore
No comments:
Post a Comment