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The United States Constitution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which branch enforces the law and includes the president?
a)
Executive Branch
b)
Legislative Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
d)
Constitiutional Branch
2.
Which branch makes the laws and includes Congress?
a)
Executive Branch
b)
Legislative Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
d)
Constitiutional Branch
3.
Which branch interprets the laws and includes the Supreme Court?
a)
Executive Brnach 
b)
Legislative Branch
c)
 Judicial Branch
d)
Constitutional Branch
4.
Which principle keeps one branch from gaining too much power?
a)
limited government
b)
checks and balances
c)
federalism
d)
popular sovereignty
5.
What are the first 10 amendments called?
a)
Electoral College
b)
Congress
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
amendment
6.
What is a change or addition to the Constitution called?
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
amendment
c)
Congress
d)
Electoral College
7.
The three branches of the national government are:
a)
The House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, the National Archives
b)
judicial, legislative, executive
c)
executive, the house, military
d)
president, cabinet, congress
8.
Anti-federalists wanted a Bill of Rights added to the constitution to help protect...
a)
Individual Rights
b)
State Rights
c)
Slavery
d)
The Articles of Confederation
9.
______ 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
10.

The Magna Carta, The Petition of Right, and The English Bill of Rights are similar because:

a)

They establish a new constitution

b)

They limited the powers of the monarch

c)

They were written by the King

d)

They establish the Monarchy

11.

Which group of people supported the ratification of The Constitution?

a)

The Federalists

b)

The Anti-Federalists

c)

Democrats

d)

Republicans

12.

Which nation colonized what is now called America and ruled for the first 150 years?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Spain

d)

China

13.

Which term refers to the split of authority between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?

a)

Checks

b)

Sovereignty

c)

Salutory neglect

d)

Separation of Powers

14.

Which term refers to the joining of state governments for a common purpose?

a)

Military alliance

b)

Constitutional

c)

Binding up

d)

Confederation

15.

What type of legislative branch only has one house?

a)

Bicameral

b)

Tricameral

c)

Quadrocameral

d)

Unicameral

16.

Which legislative system has two houses?

a)

Unicameral

b)

Brocameral

c)

Bicameral

d)

Tricameral

17.

Agreement stating that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of a person when considering population and taxation under the Constitution.

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The Virginia Plan

c)

The New Jersey Plan

d)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

18.

Who was the primary author of The Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Jay

b)

James Madison

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

19.

The economic relationship between the colonists and Great Britain can be best described as:

a)

Free Market

b)

Slave Based

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Symbiotic

20.

Much of the Declaration of Independence included:

a)

Complaints of the wrongs done to the colonists

b)

Statements of desire to make colonies of their own

c)

Threats of revenge to England

d)

Lists of all powers given to the people