Government Branches

5.13- Branches of Government

​

Multiple Choice

How many branches of government are there?

• Five
• Two
• Three
• Four

Multiple Choice

What are the three branches of government?

• Executive, Legislative, Judicial
• Executive, Legos, Judges
• President, Vice President, and cabinet, 
• City, state, and country

Multiple Choice

Which branch of government do the supreme court justices work under?

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• All branches

Multiple Select

The _________________ is responsible for upholding the United States Constitution.

• Supreme Court

• Judicial Branch

• House of Representatives

Multiple Choice

Can declare a law unconstitutional.

• Judicial Branch
• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• All 3 branches

Multiple Choice

Which two groups make up the legislative branch (Congress) ?

• President and Vice President

• Supreme Court and President

• Judges and Police

• Senate and House of Representatives

Multiple Choice

What is the job of the legislative branch?

• to carry out the laws
• to declare war
• to make the laws
• to decide all the laws

Multiple Choice

Who serves as the president of the U.S Senate?

• The President of the United States

• The Vice president of the United States

• The Speaker of the House

• A Supreme Court Judge

Multiple Choice

How many senators are in the senate?

• 435

• 2

• 500

• 100

Multiple Choice

___________ has the most representatives because it has the biggest population.

• Florida

• New York

• Texas

• California

Multiple Choice

Which branch of government does the president work under?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• All branches

• Executive

Multiple Choice

What does the word veto mean?

• to approve a law
• to say no to a law
• to sign a law
• to jump

Multiple Choice

You need to be at least ________ to run for president of the United States.

• 25

• 35

• 45

• 55

Multiple Choice

Who is the Commander in Chief ( person who controls the armed forces) of the U.S armed forces?

• The President

• The Vice President

• The Speaker of the House

• The President of the Senate

Multiple Choice

Checks and balances means that....

• The President has all the power and can make any decisions he wants.

• No branch of government is supposed to have all the power.

• The Supreme Court has all the power

• Congress has all the power.

Match

Match the following

• a system by which each branch has powers that affect and control the other branches so that no branch becomes too powerful.

• to think about or talk about something very carefully in order to make a decision

• part of the government responsible for making sure laws are carried out and for managing the affairs of the nation.

• organization that is control of a country, city, state, county, etc.

• a meeting or session at which evidence and thoughts are

checks and balances

deliberate

Executive Branch

government

hearing

• checks and balances

• deliberate

• Executive Branch

• government

• hearing