Levels & Branches of Government Assessment

1. Which branch of government is made up of courts?

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• c) Judicial branch

• d) Congress

2. Who is the head of the executive branch of state government?

• Mayor

• President

• Governor

• Commissioner

3. What document came up with the role of each branch of our national government?

• a) Supreme Court cases

• b) Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• d) City Council rules

4. What branch of government makes laws in our national government?

• a) Legislative Branch

• b. Judicial Branch

• c) Executive Branch

• d) Local government

Where does the president of the United States work and live?

• a) In the House of Representatives

• b) In the Supreme Court

• c) In the White House

• d) in Congress

How is a law like a rule? Hint: An example of a rule is you cannot run down the stairs.

• a) They are both unfair

• b) They are both passed by Congress

• c) They are both made to make people safe

• d) They are both made up by teachers

What is one way the three branches of government keep each other in check?

• a) Checks and balances

• b) Hiring judges

• c) Declaring war

• The power to create unconstitutional (bad) laws

Why is there a separation of powers between branches of the U.S.government?

• a. To keep the president in office

• b. To have nine justices

• c. To make sure Congress writes laws that favors all branches

• d. To keep one branch from having too much power

The lawmaking branch of state government is?

• a) The General Assembly

• b) The Congress

• c) The White House

• d) The Supreme Court

10. Which of these places is NOT led by the local government?

• a) City

• b) County

• c) State

• d) town