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The President's Cabinet

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the Cabinet mentioned in the Constitution?

a)

3 times

b)

10 times

c)

not at all

d)

once

2.

The president can appoint leaders (secretaries) of cabinet departments, but they must be confirmed by the Senate

a)

true

b)

false

3.

Department responsible for borrowing, collecting (taxes), spending, and budgeting money

a)

Department of State

b)

Department of Justice

c)

Department of Defense

d)

Department of the Treasury

4.

Department that deals with national parks, Native American governments and issues, and manages and protects the nation's public lands and natural resources

a)

Department of Homeland Security

b)

Department of Agriculture

c)

Department of the Interior

d)

Department of Transportation

5.

What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

too much power to the states

b)

too much power to the president

c)

slaves could vote

d)

outlined a strong and organized military

6.

What are the three levels of government?

a)

Executive, Legislative, and Local

b)

State, National, and International

c)

Judiciary, Legislative, and Economic

d)

Legislative, Judiciary, and Executive

7.

Name the departments of the Cabinet

a)

Education, Justice, Homeland Security, Labor, Agriculture, Interior, Defense, State, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Commerce

b)

Education, Planning, Defense, Judiciary, Family Development, Foreign Affairs, Commerce, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Domestic Policy, Voting, Campaigns, Political Parties, Animal Welfare

c)

State, International Affairs, The Arts, Budget, Labor, Commerce, Energy, Transportation, Health and Human Services, FDA, Defense, Weapons, Congress, Vice Presidential Office

d)

Justice, Homeland Security, Labor, Agriculture, Education, Interior, Defense, Housing and Urban Development, State, Treasury, Energy, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Commerce, CIA

8.

Who is the leader if the Department if Justice, and what does it do?

a)

Attorney General, judges laws to be either constitutional or unconstitutional

b)

Secretary of Justice, judges laws to be either constitutional or unconstitutional

c)

Attorney General, enforces laws and investigates crimes, head of the CIA

d)

Secretary of Justice, enforces laws and investigates crimes, head of the CIA

9.

Currently there are how many cabinet positions/departments?

a)

12

b)

10

c)

4

d)

15

10.

What does the Department of State do?

a)

plans and carries out the nation's foreign policy

b)

writes the federal budget each year

c)

controls all aspects of road and transportation infrastructure

d)

controls the entire healthcare system in the nation

11.

Is an oligarchy a dictatorship?

a)

false

b)

true

12.

What are the presidential powers?

a)
  • veto bills from Congress
  • appoint federal judges, ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices, and top government officials (with Senate approval)
  • call Congress into special session
  • pardon federal criminals
  • act as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces
  • make treaties with other countries (with Senate approval)
b)
  • make tax laws
  • appoint Congress members
  • declare war
  • decide if laws are constitutional
  • act as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces
  • veto bills from Congress
c)
  • declare war
  • collect taxes
  • pardon federal criminals
  • veto bills from Congress
  • make defense laws
d)
  • make the budget
  • declare war
  • pardon federal criminals
  • veto bills from Congress
  • appoint federal judges
  • give federal money to other nations
  • make treaties with other countries (without Senate approval)
13.

What was the Mayflower Compact?

a)

set of rules for a dictatorship within the English colonies

b)

set of regulations on trade between early settlers and the Native Americans

c)

set of rules for self-governance written by the English colonists on the Mayflower

d)

set of religious rules written by the English colonists on the Mayflower