Social Studies Unit 2 Less 3&4

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

• federalism

• checks and balances

• amendment

• representative democracy

Voters choose leaders who make and enforce laws

• representative democracy

• constitution

• parliament

• federalism

An addition to the Constitution is known as

• representative democracy

• federalism

• a monarch

• an amendment

The system of government in which power is divided between the national government and the state government

• federalism

• amendment

• prime minister

• democracy

A king or queen

• monarch

• prime minister

• president

• legislator

The head of Canada's government is

• the queen

• the president

• the prime minister

• the king

An assembly of people who pass the laws governing a nation

• president

• monarch

• prime minister

• parliament

Which one of these is NOT part of the 1st Amendment?

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

• the right to bear arms

• the right to protest the government

Which is NOT a job of the Executive Branch?

• Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces

• Meets with leaders from other countries

• determines if laws are Constitutional

• Enforces/carries out laws

Supreme Court Justices are members of which branch of government?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• Parliament