The correct answers are:
1. An elected legislative body of a country - Legislature.
2. To surpass a veto - Override.
3. One of the two houses of Congress found in a Presidential government - House of Representatives.
4. A set of laws and guidelines laid out for the proper governing of a country - Constitution.
5. Rejection of a bill passed by the legislature - Veto.
6. A country whose government is controlled by the elected representatives of the population - Republic.
7, The character of being responsible to the people - being answerable to others: Accountability
8. A government headed by a president, with two houses of Congress elected by the people - Presidential.
9. A body of elected officials that is empowered to make laws for a country - Congress.
10. Government with a Prime Minister and two houses of Parliament elected by the people - Parliamentary
Answer:
This example applies to standard American culture:
- Religion: most people in America are Christians, both Protestant and Catholic. Before Europeans came, Native Americans had their own religions, and in recent times, Catholicism has grown due to the migration of Hispanics, who are majority Catholic.
- Economic activity: until the mid 18th century, the majority of Americans were farmers. Ever since, industry, and later, services, became the economic occupations of the majority of people.
- Language: in the Midwest. German used to be spoken by a large part of the population. With time, due to both americanization, and repression, German essentially disappeared, and English became the majority language.
