MT 2 Review

You live in Calhoun County. Based on your location, who is your United States Representative?

• Alton Craft

• Mike Rogers

• Terri Sewell

• Doug Jones

Choose the correct term for the following definition.

_____ a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.

• Checks and Balances

• Executive Branch

• Jurisdiction

• Duties

Choose the correct term for the following definition.

_____ branch of government that interprets the laws and punishes lawbreakers

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Checks and Balances

• Executive Branch

Choose the correct term for the following definition.

_____ work or operate in a proper or particular way

• Executive Branch

• Jurisdiction

• Functions

• Duties

Choose the correct term for the following definition.

_____ lawmaking branch of government

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Jurisdiction

• Judicial Branch

Choose the correct term for the following definition.

_____ system in which the powers of government are balanced among different branches so that each branch can check, or limit, the power of the other branches.

• Checks and balances

• jurisdiction

• functions

• duties

Choose the correct term for the following definition.

_____ the authority to interpret and administer laws; also, the range of that authority.

• Executive Branch

• Checks and balances

• Jurisdiction

• Functions

Choose the correct term for the following definition.

____ branch of the government that carries out the laws

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Functions

Look at the map above, identify the county you live in and the corresponding Judicial district you currently live in. Write your county and the judicial district on the blank

Place a check by all of the following that are examples of checks and balances.

• President signs a bill into law or veto the bill after Congress has passed it

• The Supreme Court has the power to declare a law as unconstitutional

• The president has the power to fire a Senator if they do not agree with him

• Congress can override a president's veto with a 2/3 majority vote

• Congress has the power to add an amendment to the Constitution