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WorksheetsChapter 3: Constitution Overview
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The definition of Amendment is
a)
Approve
b)
Freedom
c)
Change
d)
Power
2.
How many branches of government are there?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
3.
Which branch of government makes laws?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
4.
Which branch of government enforces laws?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
5.
Which branch of government interprets laws?
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Executive Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
6.
How many amendments are there to the United States Constitution?
a)
10
b)
15
c)
21
d)
27
7.
What is the name of the first Constitution?
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
Articles of Incorporation
c)
The Federalist Papers
d)
The Great Constitution
8.
Which compromise is made up of ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
The three-fifths compromise
c)
The constitutional compromise
d)
The big compromise
9.
Which group of people wanted the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights?
a)
Federalists
b)
Anti-federalists
c)
Democrats
d)
Northerners
10.
Shay's Rebellion helped prove what point?
a)
The federal government needed changing
b)
The states powers were too weak
c)
The Articles of Confederation were powerful
d)
George Washington was a great leader.
11.
______ is the belief that the government gets its power from the people.
a)
Rule of Law
b)
Popular Sovereignity
c)
Checks and balances
d)
Federalism
12.
The first ten Amendment to the Constitution are called the _______.
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Preamble
c)
Articles
d)
Naturalization
13.
citizens elect representatives to carry out their will
a)
popular sovereignty
b)
federalism
c)
individual rights
d)
republicanism
14.
Which term means 'system where the national government shares power with state governments'?
a)
propose
b)
republican
c)
federalism
d)
execute
15.
Judicial Review was established by the case of
a)
Worcester v GA
b)
Dredd Scott v Sandford
c)
Marbury v Madison
d)
Gibbons v Ogden
16.
The issue of enslaved people for the purpose of representation was the main issue of -
a)
Great Compromise
b)
One-Third Compromise
c)
Three-Fifths Compromise
d)
Slave Compromise
17.
The Great Compromise called for a house of representatives and a Senate which is called-
a)
bicameral
b)
unicameral
c)
one camel
d)
Three camels
18.
Which branch approves presidential appointments?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
19.
Dividing up the functions or role of government is known as what?
a)
Judicial Review
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Amendment Process
20.
Who can OVERRIDE a president's veto?
a)
Congress
b)
the Vice President
c)
the Supreme Court
d)
the House of Representatives
21.
declare presidential acts unconstitutional
a)
judicial over executive
b)
executive over judicial
c)
legislative over executive
d)
legislative over judicial
22.
declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
a)
judicial over legislative
b)
legislative over judicial
c)
executive over legislative
d)
executive over judicial
23.
override a presidential veto
a)
legislative over executive
b)
executive over judicial
c)
judicial over executive
d)
judicial over legislative
24.
appoint justices to the federal courts
a)
executive over judicial
b)
judicial over executive
c)
legislative over judicial
d)
executive over legislative
25.
veto a bill
a)
executive over legislative
b)
legislative over executive
c)
judicial over legislative
d)
legislative over judicial
26.
approve or deny presidential appointments
a)
legislative over executive
b)
executive over judicial
c)
judicial over legislative
d)
legislative over judicial
27.
approves of treaties
a)
judicial over executive
b)
executive over judicial
c)
legislative over executive
d)
judicial over legislative
28.
can impeach and remove judges
a)
judicial over legislative
b)
executive over judicial
c)
executive over legislative
d)
legislative over judicial
29.
can impeach and remove judges
a)
judicial over legislative
b)
executive over judicial
c)
executive over legislative
d)
legislative over judicial
30.
can impeach the president
a)
judicial over executive
b)
judicial over legislative
c)
legislative over executive
d)
legislative over judicial
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