8th grade ss FAll Benchmark

The Executive Branch...

• enforces laws

• makes laws

• interprets laws

• challenges laws

The branch of the U.S. government that makes the laws is the _____ Branch.

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• Federal

A government that is “by the people” and favors people’s rights is a ______.

• republic

• monarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

The ________ Branch interprets laws and settles national disputes.

• Legislative

• Executive

• Federal

• Judicial

Mercantilism

• contract or document
• for the benefit of the United States
• population in a square mile
• for the benefit of the Mother Country

Boycott

• to change or add to
• to come to an agreement
• producing goods in America
• refusal to buy or use 

Popular Sovereignty

• public voting for Representatives and Senators
• power shared between the National and State governments
• government power comes from the people
• public voting for Representatives and Senators

The famous document signed on a ship that became the first example of self-government was the

• Magna Carta
• U.S. Constitution
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

The colony that was established for helping debtors and criminals have a fresh start.

• Georgia
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
• Massachusetts

The colony that was established as a safe haven for Catholics was

• Connecticut
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island