Unit 2 Lesson 3 & 4

The three branches of government are the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the

• parliament

• judicial branch

• House of Representatives

• government

A plan that sets up how the US government works is called the

• Bill of Rights

• Executive branch

• Constitution

• Supreme Court

The 14th Amendment gives

• equal legal rights

• African American males the right to vote

• Woman the right to vote

• Freedom of speech

The 15th Amendment gives

• the right to vote to men

• African American males the right to vote

• Freedom of speech

• women the right to vote

The 19th Amendment gives

• equal legal rights

• freedom of speech

• African American males the right to vote

• women the right to vote

How is the Prime Minister of Canada chosen?

• They pick it out of a hat

• Parliament choses the Prime Minister

• The citizens vote for the Prime Minister

• The monarch chooses the Prime Minister

Parliament is the place where

• laws are made

• the monarch lives

• the Bill of rights was written

• the Prime Minister lives

A monarch is

• the president

• the governor

• a king or queen

• the prime minister

The head of Canada's government is

• president

• monarch

• king

• prime minister

A system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches is called

• federalism

• checks and balances

• amendment

• democracy