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WorksheetsChapter 3 Test Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the Constitution and agreement between?
a)
the people and the government
b)
the government and the laws
c)
the laws and the people
d)
the people and the legislative branch
2.
What is an ex post facto law?
a)
making a law for a crime
b)
making an act a crime before its committed
c)
making an act a crime after its been committed
d)
making an act a law before the veto power
3.
What is the writ of habeas corpus?
a)
puts people in jail
b)
removes the option of bail
c)
says an act is a crime after its committed
d)
says someone must be told why they are being held in jail
4.
How long has the Constitution lasted?
a)
over 400 years
b)
over 100 years
c)
over 200 years
d)
over 50 years
5.
How can an amendment be brought up for proposal?
a)
needs 3/4 vote in the states
b)
needs 2/3 votes in state legislatures or congress
c)
needs a unanimous vote
d)
needs a majority vote in Congress and in state legislatures
6.
What type of guidelines does the Constitution set?
a)
specific
b)
narrow
c)
broad
d)
new
7.
What can Congress do if the Supreme Court rules a law unconstitutional?
a)
override the ruling
b)
consult the president
c)
sue the judicial branch
d)
rewrite the law
8.
What is a bill of attainder?
a)
punishing someone without a jury trial
b)
taking someone's rights away
c)
not telling someone why they are being arrested
d)
making an act a crime after its been committed?
9.
How does the government handle changing conditions over time?
a)
makes a new Constitution every few years
b)
adapts to the changing conditions
c)
never changes during the changing conditions
d)
they keep the old laws
10.
What is NOT one of the ways the Constitution can be changed?
a)
amendment
b)
interpretation
c)
veto
d)
custom
11.
How can the Supreme Court check the other branches?
a)
judicial review
b)
veto
c)
overriding the veto
d)
making new laws
12.
How can Congress check the president?
a)
overriding a veto
b)
veto
c)
judicial review
d)
carrying out the laws
13.
How can the president check Congress?
a)
overriding a veto
b)
judicial review
c)
veto
d)
making new laws
14.
What is the Judicial branch made up of?
a)
Congress
b)
the president
c)
the Supreme Court
d)
the Senate
15.
What is the executive branch made up of?
a)
the president and his cabinet
b)
Congress
c)
the Supreme Court
d)
the House of Representatives
16.
What are the two parts of Congress?
a)
president and his cabinet
b)
the House of Representatives and the Senate
c)
Congress and the Supreme Court
d)
Senate and the president
17.
What is the Legislative branch made up of?
a)
the president and his cabinet
b)
Congress
c)
the Supreme Court
d)
the mayor of a community
18.
The lawmaking branch of Government
a)
executive
b)
judicial
c)
legislative
19.
The branch of government that carries out laws
a)
executive
b)
judicial
c)
legislative
20.
The branch of government that interprets laws
a)
executive
b)
legislative
c)
judicial
21.
How many branches of government do we have in the United States?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
2
d)
3
22.
Which is NOT a branch of government?
a)
executive
b)
supreme court
c)
legislative
d)
judicial
23.
Powers given to the federal government listed by the Constitution
a)
reserved
b)
concurrent
c)
delegated
24.
Powers left for the states
a)
reserved
b)
concurrent
c)
delegated
25.
Powers given to the states and the federal government
a)
reserved
b)
delegated
c)
concurrent
26.
The federal government is the _______
a)
largest branch
b)
Supreme law of the land
c)
most important group
d)
biggest part of government
27.
What does the bill of rights protect?
a)
the power of the government
b)
the power of the president
c)
the power of the people
d)
the power of Congress
28.
What is the preamble?
a)
introduction to the branches of government
b)
the introduction to the Constitution
c)
the first ten amendments
d)
the supreme law of the land
29.
What type of system splits the power between the federal and state government
a)
federal system
b)
state system
c)
judicial branch
d)
majority rule
30.
A written change to the Constitution
a)
bill
b)
law
c)
act
d)
amendment
31.
To cancel
a)
repeal
b)
amendment
c)
change
d)
rewrite
32.
A refusal by the president to sign a bill
a)
amendment
b)
repeal
c)
veto
d)
unconstitutional
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