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Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 2hrs 25mins

Name

Class

Date

Which branch makes the laws?

Executive

Legislative

Judicial

Congress

Which person is in charge of the state?

Governor

President

Supreme court

Mayor

What is the rule book for government called?

Bill of Rights

Declaration of Independence

Constitution

Bible

What are the three LEVELS of government?

judicial, legislative, executive

local, state, federal

House, Senate, Congress

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

What does the Judicial Branch do?

Has the idea for a law

Writes the Laws

Carries out the laws

Decides what a law means

Bike paths, stop signs, and area parks are maintained by which level of government?

Local

State

Federal

How many branches are there?

People control the government through their what?

Opinions

votes

complaints

vetos

What age do you have to be do vote?

10.

Who is the leader of our federal government?

Governor

President

Mayor

Justices

11.

How many justices are there?

12.

Carrying out the laws and negotiating treaties is the responsibility of which branch?

Executive

Judicial

Legislative

Congress

13.

Which branch includes the courts?

Congress

Executive

Legislative

Judicial

14.

What is the name of an idea for a new law?

veto

bill

Bill of Rights

public service

15.

What is the name of money that people and businesses pay to run the government called?

taxes

veto

bill

cash

16.

What are the two parts of the Legislative Branch that work together to improve a law?

Congress and President

Governor and Mayor

House of Representatives and Senate

Supreme Court and Congress

17.

What are the two political parties?

House of Representatives and Senate

Supreme Court and Congress

Executive and Judicial

Republican and Democrat

18.

How long is one term of office of the President of the United States?

2 years

8 years

4 years

6 years

19.

How many terms can a President serve?

20.

What is the name of the President that served 4 terms?

Abraham Lincoln

George Bush

Barack Obama

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

21.

If the President decides not to pass a law. What does he do to it?

Burns it

Throws it away

veto it

send it back

22.

How old do you have to be to be President of the United States?

23.

How many Representatives are there?

335

435

235

24.

The number of people in the House of Representatives is based on what?

population

size of state

how rich the state is

same set amount of people for each state?

25.

How many Senate members is based on what?

population

2 people from each state

how big the state is

How rich the state is

26.

How many senators are there?

435

100

250

27.

Who is in charge of the Legislative Branch?

House of Representatives

Senate

Vice President

Congress

28.

Who is in charge of the Judicial Branch?

President

Vice President

Supreme Court

Secretary of State

29.

What are the 15 department leaders called?

Supreme Court

House of Representatives

Senate

Cabinet

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Government Quiz

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 2hrs 25mins

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