Unit 4 Study Guide - National Government

Makes the laws

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

Enforces/executes/carries out the law

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

Administers the Federal Bureaucracy

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

Interprets the law

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

Exercises the power of judicial review, or decides if a law is constitutional

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

Approves the annual budget

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

Which TWO bodies make up the United States Congress?

• Supreme Court

• House of Representatives

• House of Delegates

• Senate

The United States Congress is an example of a ____________ legislature because it is made up two bodies, the House of Representatives and the Senate.

• bicameral

• tricameral

• checks and balances

• federalism

Congress can be associated with the _______________.

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

The Supreme Court can be associated with the _______________.

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch