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Government

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many branches of government are there?
a)
Five
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
2.

Which branch of government does the president and governnor work under?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

All branches

d)

Executive Branch

3.
What is the job of the legislative branch?
a)
to carry out the laws
b)
to declare war
c)
to make the laws
d)
to decide all the laws
4.

What are the three branches of government called?

a)

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

b)

Executive, Legos, Judges

c)

President, Vice President, and cabinet,

d)

City, state, and country

5.

Who is responsible for making the laws?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

d)

All branches

6.
What is the main job of the Executive Branch?
a)
Make Laws
b)
Enforce Laws
c)
Declare Laws Constitutional
d)
Decide if Laws are Fair
7.

What is the HIGHEST court in the land called?

a)

Appellate courts

b)

Trial courts

c)

District courts

d)

Supreme Court

8.

Who is the President of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Donald Trump

9.

Who is responsible for interpreting the laws of the state

a)

Legislative branch

b)

Executive branch

c)

Judicial branch

d)

All branches

10.

What was created to avoid one branch from becoming to powerful?

a)

separation of power

b)

balance scale

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

balance of power

11.

Who is the Governor of South Carolina?

a)

Thomas Sumter

b)

Nikki Haley

c)

Billy Keyserling

d)

Henry McMaster

12.

Where is the capital of South Carolina?

a)

Columbia, S.C.

b)

Beaufort, S.C.

c)

Charleston, S.C.

d)

Port Royal, S.C.