Match the items in the left column to the items in the right column.
1. ceremonial
2. checks and balances
3. chief executive
4. chief of state
another name for the chief
executive; the president of the united
states
describes a performance mainly in
pomp and style rather than in
accomplishment
a series of measures that keep a
system from becoming too powerful or
too weak
to explain the meaning of; to clarify
the definition of
fifteen divisions of responsibility
that handle the duty of administering the
national government
one of the three branches of the
u. s. government; interprets federal laws,
upholds, or negates them
one of the three branches of the
u. s. government; establishes or retracts
laws
one of the three branches of the
u. s. government; mainly enforces
federal laws
parts of the executive branch that
act apart from an interactive network
the communication and ongoing
hotween america and other
5. diplomatic relations
6. executive branch
7. executive department
8. independent agencies
9. interpret