Chapter+9+Vocabulary


 * Chapter 9 vocab.**

[|**U.S. Constitution for kids**]
 * Lesson 1.**
 * Constitution**- (kahn stih Too shuhn) a written plan for government(pg.296)

Click here for a [|**Citizenship Test for Kids**]
 * Citizen**- (SIHT ih zuhn) is an official member of a city, state, or nation.(pg.296)


 * [[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:6NEuDSYEx4smUM:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harrisonrep/Maps/territory.jpg width="133" height="105" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harrisonrep/Maps/territory.jpg&imgrefurl=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harrisonrep/mapscens.htm&usg=__Yt35abllTgD0z8s11TyyI2EpoU8=&h=480&w=605&sz=83&hl=en&start=18&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=6NEuDSYEx4smUM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTerritory%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS343%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1"]]Territory**- (TEHR ih tawr ee) is a land ruled by a national government but has no representatives in the government.(pg.297)


 * Ordinance**- is a law. Congress passed two ordinances to organize the [|**Northwest Territory**].


 * Lesson 2.**
 * Federal**- a system in which the states share power with the central government.


 * Republic**- is a government in which the citizens elect leaders to represent them.
 * Compromise**- both sides give up some-thing to settle a disagreement.


 * Ratify**- to accept.[|**AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION**]

Democracy- a government where the people have the power to make political decisions.
 * Lesson 3.**

[|**Veto Picture**]
 * [|Checks and Balances]**- a system that lets each branch limit the power of other two. []
 * Veto**- to reject or laws made by Congress.
 * Unconstitutional**- do not follow ruleslaid out by Constitution.


 * Amendment**- a change to the Constitution.The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights.