WorksheetsGovernment: "Legislative Branch" & "Judicial Branch"
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins
The legislative branch includes the Senate and the House of Representatives. Together they are called ________.
Congress
Judiciary
Lawmakers
Rulers
Congress has the power to:
declare war
approve government spending
appoint judges
collect taxes
make executive orders
The Senate has _______ Senators.
50
100
435
350
Voters in each state elect _____ Senators, who server ______ year terms.
2 Senators
4 Senators
4 year
6 year
8 year
Unlike the president, there is no limit on how many times a Senator can be reelected.
Do you think this is a good thing, or a bad thing?
That is a good thing
That is a bad thing
Choose all that are true about the House of Representatives
It is often called "the House"
Only members of the House can introduce bills about raising taxes
It has 200 members
The term of office is 4 years
It has 435 members
The judicial branch consists of
the Supreme Court
13 circuit courts
50 state courts
94 district court
21 area courts
There are ________ associate justices on the Supreme Court.
8
9
12
7
There is 1 chief justice on the Supreme Court and that person is the (a) of the judicial branch of government.
The president appoints justices to the Supreme Court, but who else has a say?
The House of Representatives
The Senate
The Judiciaries
The head of the Supreme Court
The justices on the Supreme Court serve until they retire or die. That way they can make decisions without worrying about losing their job.
Do you think justices should be allowed to keep their job until they retire or die?
Yes
No
The Supreme Court has the power to strike down any law that _______.
is too wordy or hard to understand
is not a nice law
does not help people
goes against the Constitution
The 13 Circuit Courts are also called
round courts
courts of appeals
area courts
