government review

The EXECUTIVE branch of the U.S. government includes....

• The Supreme Court justices

• The House of Representatives and Senate

• The president and the vice president

• Congress

The EXECUTIVE branch of the Washington State government includes....

• The mayor

• The governor

• The House of Representatives

• The Washington State Supreme Court

The LEGISLATIVE branch of the U.S. government includes....

• All governors

• All judges

• Congress

• the president

Supreme Court Justices ...

• are elected

• inherit their position

• play rock paper scissors

• are appointed

The main job of the judicial branch is to....

• Write the laws

• make sure laws follow the constitution

• veto laws

• work with juries and lawyers

A bill can become a law if...

• it is passed (voted on) by the legislature and approved by the president

• vetoed by the president

• it follows the ideas of the constitution

• citizens vote on it

People can express their ideas and opinions by voting in which kind of government?

• representative democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• authoritarian

Authoritarian governments are usually led by ....

• a president

• a king

• a dictator

• the military

One of the differences between an oligarchy and a monarchy is...

• monarchies have elections and oligarchies have appointments

• people who rule in oligarchies are rich and leaders in monarchies are poor

• leaders in monarchies inherit their positions and in oligarchies they are appointed

• people in monarchies have a voice but in oligarchies they don't

This word means to revise by changing, adding to, or taking something away from

• veto

• amend

• checks and balances

• appoint