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Constitution

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Legislative Branch is also known as

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Congress

c)

president

2.

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

a)

The President

b)

the Senate

c)

the Supreme Court

3.

What does the legislative branch do?

a)

Execute/enforce laws

b)

make laws

c)

judge laws

4.

What do we call the people that sit on the Supreme Court?

a)

Senators

b)

Justices

c)

Representatives

5.

Who votes Representatives and Senators into office?

a)

the people

b)

the Electoral College

c)

the President

6.

How long can a justice serve in the Supreme Court during good behavior?

a)

10 years

b)

2 years

c)

for life

7.

How many years is a President's term?

a)

4 years

b)

10 years

c)

8 years

8.

Who decides who the President is going to be?

a)

the people

b)

the Electoral College

c)

the Supreme Court

9.

What are the two houses of Congress?

a)

The President and the Senate

b)

The House of Representatives and the Supreme Court

c)

The House of Representatives and the Senate

10.

Our Congress is made up of two parts, which means it is?

a)

bicameral

b)

complicated

c)

messy

11.

Which house of the Legislative Branch is made up of 2 people per state?

a)

White House

b)

House of Representatves

c)

Senate

12.

Which house of the Legislative Branch has representation based on population?

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Senate

c)

White House

13.

True or False: Congress AND the Supreme Court can make laws about money.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is the easiest way a bill becomes a law?

a)

2/3 of both houses of Congress vote to approve it

b)

The Supreme Court approves it

c)

The President signs the bill

15.

Who or what is the highest power of the Judicial Branch?

a)

The Supreme Court

b)

The President

c)

The Congress

16.

Name the check the Executive Branch has on the Judicial Branch.

a)

appoints justices

b)

vetoes bill

17.

Which is a check the Legislative Branch has on the Judicial Branch?

a)

vetoes bills

b)

appoints justices to the Supreme Court

c)

approves justices to the Supreme Court

18.

Which is a check the Legislative Branch has on the Executive Branch?

a)

approving justices

b)

declaring actions unconstitutional

c)

override President veto

19.

Which is a check the Executive Branch has on the Legislative Branch?

a)

declares laws unconstitutional

b)

approves justices to the court

c)

vetoes laws

20.

Which is a check the Judicial Branch has on the Legislative Branch?

a)

appointing justices to the court

b)

declaring laws unconstitutional

c)

impeaching the President

21.

Which is a check the Judicial Branch has on the Executive Branch?

a)

veto laws

b)

declare actions of the president unconstitutional

c)

override veto

22.

Which word means a written plan that provides the basic framework for a government?

a)

preamble

b)

impeachment

c)

constitution

23.

Which word means a settlement of an argument by each side giving up something?

a)

compromise

b)

vested

c)

naturalization

24.

Which word means an introduction to a formal document that tells why a document was written?

a)

compromise

b)

preamble

c)

constitution

25.

Which word means held completely or permanently?

a)

bicameral

b)

impeachment

c)

vested

26.

Which word means accusing a public official of misconduct in office?

a)

impeachment

b)

naturalization

c)

compromise

27.

Which of the following is a power of the president?

a)

pardon criminals

b)

declare war

c)

make laws about money

28.

What is another name for the President?

a)

Boss Man

b)

Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy

c)

Master and Commander

29.

Which word means a member of a country that has a right to the country's protection?

a)

citizen

b)

naturalization

c)

compromise

30.

What is the process by which a person from a foreign country becomes a citizen of the US?

a)

naturalization

b)

citizen

c)

federalism

31.

What is the shared and divided powers between national and state government?

a)

citizen

b)

constitution

c)

federalism

32.

Which word relates to judges or courts?

a)

supreme

b)

legislative

c)

judicial

33.

Which word means a statement that is added to change or improve a document?

a)

amendment

b)

citizen

c)

compromise

34.

This is a ceremony to put a person into office

a)

Constitution

b)

Inauguration

c)

Naturalization

35.

Which word means the highest rank or authority?

a)

inauguration

b)

vested

c)

supremacy

36.

Which amendment gives you the freedom of speech?

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

1st

37.

Which amendment gives you the right to bear arms?

a)

2nd

b)

1st

c)

4th

38.

Which amendment protects you from unreasonable search and seizure?

a)

1st

b)

4th

c)

5th

39.

Which amendment protects you from quartering soldiers?

a)

6th

b)

5th

c)

3rd

40.

Which amendment gives RIGHTS not listed in the Constitution to the people?

a)

9th

b)

8th

c)

10th

41.

Which amendment gives you the freedom of religion?

a)

7th

b)

1st

c)

3rd

42.

Which amendment gives you the right to a speedy, public trial by jury?

a)

4th

b)

8th

c)

6th

43.

Identify Montana's Senators.

a)

Trump, Pence

b)

Tester, Daines

c)

Daines, Gianforte

d)

Tester, Pence

44.

Identify Montana's Representative.

a)

Rosendale

b)

Tester

c)

Gianforte

d)

Daines

45.

Identify a power of the LEGISLATIVE Branch.

a)

declare war

b)

make treaties

c)

pardon criminals

d)

execute laws