Civics Midterm

which branch of governments main responsibility is to make the laws?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• All three branches

A term of Congress lasts for how many years?

• 4 years

• 1 year

• 2 years

• 3 years

Why is the House larger than the Senate?

• House numbers are based on the population of each state

• The House has more power than the Senate

• They are more popular

• House members are equal for each state

The Senate has how many members?

• 435

• 100

• 150

• 200

A government ruled by a small group of people

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy

There is one person in power

• dictatorship

• direct democracy

• theocracy

• oligarchy

The ratification of the constitution led to the formation of America's first two political parties. They were:

• The Federalists who were against the constitution and the Anti-Federalists who were in favor of the constitution.

• The Democrats who were against the constitution and the Republicans who were in favor of the constitution.

• The Federalists who were in favor of the constitution and the Anti-Federalists who were against the constitution.

• The Democrats who were in favor of the constitution and the Republicans who were against the constitution.

The power to interpret laws and to determine their meaning is

• executive power

• judicial power

• legislative power

• associative power

The Declaration of Independence was authored by

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• Edmund Randolph

• Thomas Jefferson

The main author of the Constitution was

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• Edmund Randolph

• Thomas Jefferson