Social Studies Lesson 14

The document that set up the nation's first government was called

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• Checks and Balances

The legislative branch of the government makes the

• cabinet

• holidays

• laws

The part of the government that interprets law and settles disagreements is the

• Judicial branch

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

Who is the head of the executive branch of the government?

• Supreme court

• President

• Judges

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law is to __________ it.

• elect

• veto

Our government has ____branches of government.

• 3

• 1

• 4

• 2

The Rule of Law states that ...

• Laws can change

• You must vote

• All laws apply to people equally

A document that describes how a government will work is the _______________.

• Election

• Letter

• Constitution

A group of advisors to the president is called a ...

• Party

• Cabinet

• Judges

Checks and Balances means that

• You have enough money

• The president has all of the power

• No one branch of government has more power than the others