Three Branches of Government

What is the main function of the executive branch?

• To make laws

• To carry out the laws

• To interpret the laws

• To fund the government

What is the Executive Branch?

• a system in which each branch of government has ways of limiting the powers of the other branches

• the branch of government, made up of courts and judges, that decides what laws mean

• the idea that the powers and duties of government are divided among separate branches

• the branch of government that makes laws

• the branch of government that carries out the laws

What is the Legislative Branch?

• a system in which each branch of government has ways of limiting the powers of the other branches

• the branch of government, made up of courts and judges, that decides what laws mean

• the idea that the powers and duties of government are divided among separate branches

• the branch of government that makes laws

• the branch of government that carries out the laws

What is Separation of Powers?

• a system in which each branch of government has ways of limiting the powers of the other branches

• the branch of government, made up of courts and judges, that decides what laws mean

• the idea that the powers and duties of government are divided among separate branches

• the branch of government that makes laws

• the branch of government that carries out the laws

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Which branch of government makes laws?

• Executive

• Judicial 

• Legislative

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What are the three branches of the United States Government?

• Kings, nobles, and tax collectors

• Parliament, prime minister, and queen

• Colonial, judicial, and federal

• Executive, legislative, and judicial

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The judicial branch is responsible for what?

• Writing new laws

• Deciding what laws mean

• Breaking laws

• Enforcing laws

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What are the systems called that helps make sure that one branch of our government doesn't have all the power?

• Cookies & Chips

• Separation of Powers

• Checks & Balances

• The Pledge of Allegiance

What is the Judicial Branch?

• a system in which each branch of government has ways of limiting the powers of the other branches

• the branch of government, made up of courts and judges, that decides what laws mean

• the idea that the powers and duties of government are divided among separate branches

• the branch of government that makes laws

• the branch of government that carries out the laws

What are Checks and Balances?

• a system in which each branch of government has ways of limiting the powers of the other branches

• the branch of government, made up of courts and judges, that decides what laws mean

• the idea that the powers and duties of government are divided among separate branches

• the branch of government that makes laws

• the branch of government that carries out the laws