US Government

Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Legislative

What term refers to the system that gives each government branch some power over the others?

• Articles of Confederation
• Ratification
• Federalism
• Checks and Balances

How old does the Constitution require House of Representatives members to be?

• 35
• 30
• 25
• 21

How old does the Constitution require a President to be?

• 21
• 25
• 30
• 35

What does a "Federal System" of Government mean?

• Power is concentrated in a central capital.
• Most of the power is with the States
• Power is shared between the States and a central government.
• Power comes from the people

How does the Executive Branch check the power of Congress (the Legislative Branch)?

• Impeachment
• Judicial Review
• Veto
• Recall Election

Where does the government get its power?

• the Constitution
• the Bill of Rights
• the Declaration of Independence
• the people

Who writes the laws of the U.S.?

• the President
• Senators
• House of Representatives
• both the House and the Senate

Who is head of the executive branch?

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• the President of the U.S.
• Speaker of the House

Government authority in the U.S. is limited by the separation of powers. What does the judicial branch do?

• reviews the way laws are applied
• writes the laws
• carries out the laws
• none of the above