Branches of Government Responsibilities

Match the branch of government with its responsibility.

• Enforce laws

• Legislative Branch

• Interpret Laws

• Executive Branch

• Write laws

• Judicial Branch

Which of the following is an example of checks and balances in the U.S. government? Choose two.

• The president ignores a Supreme Court ruling and refuses to carry out their decision.

• The president declares a law unconstitutional, writes a replacement law, and enforces that new law.

• The Senate confirms a judge who was nominated by the president.

• Congress overrides the president's veto of a law with a two-thirds majority vote.

"Legis" is a Latin root word that means "laws." Why does the legislative branch have this root word in their name?

• The legislative branch wrote the Constitution, which is the highest law of the land.

• The legislative branch is the only branch that has power related to laws.

• The legislative branch's primary responsibility is to create laws that govern the nation.

• Members of the legislative branch must be lawyers.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the judicial branch? Choose two.

• Responsible for writing and passing laws

• Responsible for settling disputes states

• Members serve for year terms

• Headed be Supreme Court justices

Which of the following is a key role of the executive branch?

• Approving or rejecting judges who were nominated

• Electing senators to represent states

• Representing the United States in foreign affairs

• Determining which court cases will be decided by the Supreme Court

Why did the Framers divide the government into three branches?

• To ensure that the executive branch has the most power

• To speed up the decision-making process

• To reduce the number of government officials

• To reduce the amount of power held by one group

The​ (a)   branch makes the laws, but the ​ (b)   must sign a law in order for it to go into effect. Since the ​ (c)   cannot enforce laws, they rely on the ​ (d)   branch to make sure their decisions are applied or put into practice across the country.

• legislative
• president
• Supreme Court
• executive
• judicial