Constitutional Government

A constitution includes the following (check all that it includes):

• list of basic rights

• laws for the country

• tells how the government is organized

• tells how the government is run

The United States Constitution is written and unwritten.

• True

• False

The Declaration of Independence is the same thing as the U.S. Constitution

• True

• False

A legal framework for a country's government is called a:

The U.S. Constitution lists the powers of the (check all that are true)

• state governors

• president

• U.S. Congress

• business owners

What year was the U.S. Constitution written?

• 1776

• 1780

• 1787

• 1797

What does the U.S. call a change to its constitution?

• additions

• amendments

• addendums

The highest law of the U.S. is the:

• the Declaration of Independence

• the U.S. Constitution

• There are no "higher laws" in the U.S.

Both the original Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution are located in:

• Detroit, Michigan

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Washington D.C.

The Declaration of Independence is a:

• list of basic rights

• letter to British King George III

• legal framework for government