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WorksheetsGovernment Quiz
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the purpose of the Legislative Branch?
To carry out and enforce the laws.
To make the laws.
To settle disputes and interpret the Constitution.
To have random dance parties.
A US Representative has a term length of ___.
7
4
6
2
There are _______ members in the House of Representatives.
100
1
435
333
Each State gets Representatives based on there______________.
Population.
Amount of land owned.
How many cows they own.
Alphabetical order.
What are the three qualification for a US Representative?
Must be 35 years old, been a citizen for 14 years, and must live in the US.
Must be related to Donald Trump.
Mus be 25 years old, been a citizen for past 7 years, and must be an inhabitant of the state they represent.
Have to be good looking.
What are the three qualifications for a US Senator?
Must be at least 30 years old, have been a citizen for past 9 years, be a resident of the state they represent.
Has to have worked for the government before.
No qualifications.
Have a pet rabbit.
A US Senator has a term length of ________ years.
1
6
4
Lifetime.
How many US Senators are there?
435
1
333
100
How are Senators determined among state?
It is determined on population.
Every state can send as many as they want.
Every state sends 2.
Only California can send Senators.
What does the Vice President do for the Senate.
He makes sure no one is lying.
He gets them coffee.
He doesn't do anything for the Senate, he only helps the President.
He presides over the Senate and casts the tie-breaking vote.
How does a Bill become a Law?
The President says that it becomes a Law.
It must first be an idea, then it goes to the House committee, then to the House of Representatives, the to the Senate committee, then to the Senate, then it goes to the President.
Bill gets a name change.
President has an idea and sends it to his to the States to vote on.
What is the purpose of the Executive Branch?
To carry out and enforce the laws.
To make laws.
To settle disputes and interpret the Constitution.
To execute tree branches.
What are the qualifications to become the president?
They must be a natural born citizen, be at least 35 years old, and have been a resident of the US for 14 years.
There are no qualifications.
They most be nominated by the previous president.
Have been a governor of a state before.
The term length of the president is _______?
2
8
4
Lifetime
What is the 22nd amendment about?
A president can only serve for 2 terms.
Slavery was abolished.
That there is never going to be another president.
That there should be a vice president.
What are the first 7 positions of the presidential succession?
Once the president dies, there is no one to take his place, therefore total chaos.
1.Vice President
2.Speaker of the House of Representatives
3.President Pro Tempore of the Senate
4.Secretary of State
5.Secretary of the Treasury
6.Secretary of Defense
7.Attorney General
1.Vice President
2.Secretary of State
3.Attorney General
4.Speaker of the House of Representatives
5.Secretary of the Treasury
6.Secretary of War
7.President Pro Tempore of the Senate
The Supreme Court Justices.
What is the Electoral College?
It is the most prestigious college in the world.
It is where all presidents go for college.
It is the system of voting, we vote for our electors in our state, and in turn they all vote for the majority in that state.
It is how our voting system works. It is the idea of that everybody votes directly for the president.
How are the total number of electors determined for the entire US?
Each state gets 11 electors.
It is by random drawing, this way, it can't be unfair.
They add up the number of Senators, the number of Representatives, and then Washington DC gets 3. The total is 538.
There is one for each country in the world.
How are the total number of electors determined for each state?
It is determined by the amount of Senators.
It is determined by the how many houses there are in each state.
George Washington said how many each state got on 1776.
It is determined by the population of the state.
Arkansas gets ____ electors.
2
4
58
6
What are the two main jobs of the Judicial Branch?
The carry out and enforce the laws.
To ensure that the laws are fairly enforced and interprets the laws.
To make the laws and then to break them.
To drink coffee and eat donuts.
What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch?
To dance.
To carry out and enforce the laws.
To interpret the laws.
To make laws.
What is the difference between the criminal and civil cases?
What's a civil case?
One is bad, the other is good.
In a civil case, people accused of crimes appear in court for a trial. In a criminal case, each side presents its position in court.
In a criminal case, people accused of crimes appear in court for a trial. In a civil case, each side presents its position in court.
What is the number of Supreme Court Justices?
1
2
7
9
How are Justices placed on the US Supreme Court?
They are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.
They are appointed by the Vice President and approved by the House of Representatives.
The military chooses them.
Whoever is the oldest judge chooses there best friend to fulfill the position.
What is the term length and qualifications for a US Supreme Court Justice?
They must own a gavel and the term length is 10 years.
4 years a they must have been president in the past.
Lifetime term length and there are no qualifications.
They have to have had a pet cat.
What is the definition of Jurisdiction?
To be on the jury.
The official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
To be a dictionary.
The official power to make tractors.
What types of cases are heard by the US Supreme Court?
Those that are disputes between the different branches of government. (Legislative, Judicial, and Executive)
Those that affect other countries.
Funny ones.
Ones that include either and interpretation of the Constitution, disputes between states, or those that affect a large number of the American people.
