Grade 3 Texas Studies Weekly Week 7

Article 1:

The United States is a _______

• constitutional monarchy

• constitutional republic

• colonical province

• perennial dictatorship

Article 1:

When the 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

Article 1: 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 make things difficult

• a group of people who run a company

Article 2:

A national government leads _______

• the state

• the local community

• the country

• the county

Article 2:

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

• the Declaration of Independence

• The United States Constitution

• The Mayflower Compromise

• the Constitutional Convention

Article 2: 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

Article 3:

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

Article 3:

Who can veto a bill?

• Congress

• the people

• the president

• the Supreme Court

Article 3:

Who can declare that a law is unconstitutional?

• Congress

• the people

• the president

• the Supreme Court

Article 4:

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

• advisors of the judicial brance

• advisors of the executive branch

• members of the judicial branch

• members of the legislative branch