Anatomy of the Constitution

The beginning of the Constitution is called the 

• Articles of Confederation
• Amendments
• Prologue
• Preamble

The Preamble tells the _______________ of the government.

• structure
• purpose
• rules
• powers

Article I creates the _________________ branch.

• legislative
• executive
• judicial
• federal

The ________________ branch makes our laws.

• executive
• legislative
• preamble
• judicial

The two branches of Congress are _______________

• house of representatives and senate
• house of representatives and judicial
• senate and executive
• executive and judicial

Each state gets two representatives in the 

• House of Representatives
• Senate

The number of representatives depends on population in the 

• House of Representatives
• Senate

Which of these is a power of Congress?

• Collect taxes
• Punish pirates
• Declare war
• All of these

Article II of the Constitution creates the _______________ branch.

• federal
• judicial
• legislative
• executive

The executive branch

• carries out the laws
• makes the laws
• interprets the laws
• breaks the laws