What is our Government

The United States is a_________________

• constitutional monarchy

• constitutional republic

• colonial province

• perennial dictatorship

when people agree to abide by the decisions of their representatives, it is called

• oppression of the colonized

• oppression of the masses

• consent of the oppressed

• consent of the governed

What is the government

• a group of people who make decisions for a community

• a group of people who decide who is guilty in court

• a group of people who run a company

• a group of people who make things difficult

A national government leads _______

• the state

• the local community

• the country

• the county

Where can the written laws of the United States be found?

• the Declaration of Independence

• the United States Consitution

• The Mayflower Compact

• the Constitutional Convention

The Constitution has principles that guide what?

• how the government should be run

• how everybody should behave

• what students must learn

• what children must do

Why does the Constitution separate the government into three branches?

• so that no person or group can have too much power

• in order to make decisions harder to reach

• to challenge a president's authority

• to give the states more power

Who can veto a bill?

• congress

• the people

• the president

• the supreme court

Who can declare that a law is unconsitutional?

• Congress

• the people

• the president

• the Supreme Court

If the "cabinet" is not a kitchen fixture, what is it?

• advisors of the judicial branch

• advisors of the executive branch

• members of the judicial branch

• members of the legislative branch