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Social Studies Test Review --- Government

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three levels of government in the United States?

a)

small, medium, large

b)

federal, state, local

c)

legislative, judicial, and executive

2.

What is the title of the person who is the head or leader of a state's government?

a)

president

b)

governor

c)

mayor

d)

senator

3.

What document established or created the branches of the United States Government?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Constitution

4.

What are the three branches of the US Government?

a)

legislative, judicial, and executive

b)

federal, state, and local

c)

national, local, and community

d)

world, country, and state

5.

What is the title of the person who is the leader of the executive branch?

a)

Senator

b)

Chief Justice

c)

President

d)

Representative

6.

Which branch of the United States Government is responsible for drafting bills that may or may not eventually become laws?

a)

executive

b)

judicial

c)

legislative

7.

Which branch of the government is made up of lawyers and judges who handle cases pertaining to issues of the Constitutionality of new laws?

a)

executive

b)

judicial

c)

legislative

8.

How can a person born in another country but living in the United States become a citizen?

a)

by taking a test

b)

by applying to become an American citizen

c)

by completing an interview

d)

all of the above

9.

How many years can a person be the President of the United States?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

8

d)

10

10.

How is the President of the United States chosen?

a)

in an election

b)

by senators from all 50 states

c)

he or she must win a war

d)

his or her father must have been President

11.

Which branch of the federal government does NOT include any elected members?

a)

executive

b)

legislative

c)

judicial

12.

Which one of the following answer choices contains examples of local governments?

a)

the federal government of the United States

b)

the governments of Gwinnett County, the City of Lilburn, or the City of Stone Mountain

c)

the governments of Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas

13.

Which one of the following people is eligible to vote in a Presidential election in the United States?

a)

a 12 year old student at St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School

b)

a 21 year old man from France

c)

an 18 year old woman born in South Dakota

d)

a 15 year old born in Texas

14.

Which branch of government is responsible for our nation's defense and for signing or vetoing bills sent from Congress?

a)

executive

b)

legislative

c)

judicial

15.

The United States is a ________ because its citizens elect representatives to handle the day to day responsibilities of running the nation's government.

a)

direct democracy

b)

dictatorship

c)

republic