Articles of the Constitution Knowledge Check

How many articles were written in the new constitution?

• 2

• 7

• 25

• 12

Article I created the ​ Legislative branch, which contains the group of people who make America's ​ (a)   . This group is called ​ (b)   and is made up of two chambers: The House of ​ (c)   and the ​ (d)  

• laws
• Congress
• Representatives
• Senate

Reorder the following to create a complete sentence about the Executive Branch

• contains the President

• who

• The Executive Branch

• runs the country

The Judicial Branch determines the meaning of laws for each individual case. What word could replace the underlined phrase?

• interprets

• passes

• eliminates

• creates

Put the following words in the correct order to make a sentence

• The Federal

• with the

• states

• government

• shares power

The word ​ ​ (a)   means related to courts, judges, and the law

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative

The government can make changes and edits to the constitution. This is called _______ the constitution

• amending

• abridging

• ratifying

• accepting

Which group or groups have the power to amend the constitution? Check all that apply.

• 2/3 of the states

• 2/3 of Congress

• 2/3 of the Judges

• 2/3 of the population

The ​ (a)   is the Supreme ​ (b)   of the land. There is no law higher.

• Constitution
• Law
• Articles of Confederation
• leader

Reorder the following to create a complete sentence about ratification

• ratified it.

• out of 13 states

• The Constitution

• was official

• after nine