Branches of Government Quiz

Choose all that apply. What are the three branches of government?

• legislative

• Congress

• president

• judicial

• executive

The president is the head of which branch of government?

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

• congressional

The leader of a city government is called the (a)   .

This branch of government creates laws and sets taxes.

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

• congressional

The legislative branch interprets the laws.

• True

• False

Choose all that apply. Which of the following are democratic principles?

• equality

• justice

• life

• liberty

• fairness

What is NOT a common characteristic of public policy issues?

• current issue that people care about

• issue that only the government can solve

• decisions must be made by a group

• disagreement on the issue

A (a)   source is unbiased and is backed up by evidence.

A reliable source is written by experts, and you can trust it to be accurate.

• True

• False

The Founders strongly believed in ______.