Government Quiz

The Supreme Court of the United States belongs to which branch of government?

• executive

• judicial

• legislative

Congress belongs to which branch of government?

• judicial

• executive

• legislative

a system of government that divides the power between a larger central government(national), and the local and regional government(state)

• Unitary System

• Monarchy

• Federal System

• Dictatorship

The federal government of the United States is divided into three branches. These branches are

• national, state, and local

• executive, legislative, and judicial

• state, executive, and local

• city, state, and judicial

Which level of government declares war?

• federal government

• state government

• local government

Which of the following is NOT one of the three branches of GA's government?

• Legislative

• Presidential

• Executive

• Judicial

What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• The Articles of Confederation could be revised.

• The federal government was weak

Why did the authors of the Articles of Confederation want a federal government with little power?

• They had just freed themselves from the domination of a strong, powerful government in Great Britain.

• They did not favor a government that gave power to the southern states.

The first written plan for the government of the US was the

• U.S. Constitution

• The Georgia Constitution of 1777

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

Under the Articles of Confederation there was a

• President

• Court System

• legislature (Congress)

• Governor