Constitutional Principles [SOL Review Quiz #5]

The split of authority among the three branches of government is known as the __.

• Checks and balances
• Separation of powers
• Two party system
• Winner takes all system

What keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• A system of checks and balances
• Separation of powers
• Supremacy of the Constitution
• Rule of Law

The main responsibility of the legislative branch at the national, state, and local levels are to make the laws. Who makes the laws for the United States?

• Supreme Court
• President and his cabinet
• Elected officials who serve in Congress
• Virginia General Assembly

Barack Obama and Terry McAuliffe are the chief executives for the U.S. and Virginia, respectively. What is the main responsibility of the executive branch at these levels of government?

• Executing or carrying out the laws
• Interpreting the laws
• Making the laws
• Vetoing new laws

The main responsibility of the judicial branch is to interpret laws. Therefore, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Virginia Supreme Court can declare laws and executive acts ___.

• Sanctioned
• Separated
• Amended
• Unconstitutional

The President is the chief executive at the federal level of government, while the __ is the chief executive at the state level. 

• Governor
• Delegate
• Judge
• President

The president and the governor has the power to issue an ___, which is a rule or command that has the force of law.

• Executive order
• Economic sanction
• Amnesty order
• Execution order

The Senate and House of Delegates are the two houses of the VA General Assembly. The VA General Assembly is a bicameral lawmaking body. Similarly, the U.S. Congress is also bicameral, consisting of what two houses?

• Senate and General Assembly
• General Assembly and House of Delegates
• House of Representatives and Senate
• House of Representatives and Assembly of Delegates

The primary responsibility of the federal government is to conduct foreign policy. What is the primary responsibility of the state government?

• Promote public health, safety, and welfare
• Veto legislation
• Promote the general welfare
• To appoint federal judges

What power is missing from the chart?

• Declare laws unconsitutional
• Issues search warrants
• Appoints federal judges
• Override a presidential veto