General Unit 1: Constitution Exam

What branch has the power to make law and frame public policies

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• State Branch

What branch has the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

Which branch has the power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and settle disputes...

• Legislative

• Excutive

• Judicial

This document is a body of fundamental laws that sets out the principles, structures

• Constitution

• Preamble

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Each branch of government has the ability to check or restrain the actions of another

• Separation of Branches

• Balanced Branches

• Checks and Balances

The people themselves, in mass meetings, directly lead this type of democracy

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

The United States is an example of this type of democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Republic (or a Representative Democracy)

• Dictatorship

What does the term Bicameral Legislature mean?

• One house legislature

• Two house legislature

• One President executive

• Two President executive

How many amendments currently follow the constitution

• 25

• 27

• 33

• 30

Declaring an act of Congress illegal is in other words declaring it...?

• Constitutional

• Against the Law

• Unconstitutional