Government: "America's Democracy" and "The Executive Branch"

Find this sentence in the first section of the text and fill in the blank.

That's how democracy works: People decide matters by (a)   .

What kind of government does the United States have?

• Republic

• Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Socialist

What are the names of the three branches of government?

• Judicial

• Lawyers

• Executive

• Legislative

• Presidential

"Separation of Powers" means that the power of the government as a whole is divided among different branches.

What does the above sentence mean?

• Each branch has different powers so one branch cannot control the whole government.

• Each branch has the same powers so they have to decide together.

• That is incorrect, there are not three branches of government.

In the United States there are (a)   levels of government.

Do you think 3 branches of government makes sense?

• Yes

• No

The legislative branch has the power to _______

• make laws

• carry out laws

• decide how laws should be applied

The executive branch ________

• makes laws

• carries out the laws

• decides how laws should be applied

The judicial branch

• makes the laws

• carries out the laws

• decides how laws should be applied

According to the Constitution, only the federal government can print money. Do you think states should be allowed to print their own money?

• Yes, they are their own state and should be allowed to do whatever they want.

• Yes, that way they would never be out of money.

• No, because states don't know how to handle money like the federal government does.

• No, because another state might not accept my money when I travel there.