Government Unit Test

Name

1. Which is a responsibility of the judicial branch?

• enforcing laws
• creating laws
• interpreting laws
• breaking laws

2. The president acts as the commander in chief who leads the _____.

• judges
• armed forces
• other countries
• Senators

3. Which amendment says, I can go to any church I choose?

• First Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Third Amendment
• Fourth Amendment

4. Instead of electing presidents, states elect a _____ and cities elect a _____.

• Principal, mayor
• government, leader
• mayor, governor
• governor, mayor

5. Congress is divided into two parts. What are the names of these two parts?

• Judicial and Executive
• Senate and House of Representatives
• Congress and President
• Mayor and Governor

6. The executive branch carries out and enforces the laws made by ____.

• The President
• The Supreme Court
• The people who vote
• Congress

7. Which amendment says, you do not have to let a soldier in your home during a time of war?

• First Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Third Amendment
• Fourth Amendment

8. Bill have to be approved in congress and then the bill is signed into a law. The President can veto a bill. What does veto mean?

• approve a bill
• interpret a bill
• create a bill
• strike down a bill

9. Which amendment says, "You have the right to own a gun"?

• First Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Third Amendment
• Fourth Amendment