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Worksheets3 Branches of Government
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which level of government is the highest?
State
Federal
Local
County
Who is the leader of the Executive Branch of the state government?
The President
The Governor
The Senate
The Mayor
Who belongs to the Judicial Branch?
The Congress
The Supreme Court
The President
The Mayor
Legislative Branch is known for????
being divided into 2 groups, and they are responsible for writing the laws
being divided into 2 groups, and are responsible for vetoing laws
being divided into 2 groups, and being responsible for making sure lawas follow the constitution.
Being over the military
The executive branch is known for
writing and debating laws
enforcing laws
ruling laws unconstitutional
bringing laws to congress
Where can you find the Bill of Rights?
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
Declaration of Independence
The Federalist Papers
Who has the right to veto a law.
The Senate
The Vice President
The President
The Congress
How long do members of the Supreme Court serve?
2 years
6 years
For Live (Until they die or decide to retire)
4 years
One of the differences between countries like the United States and North Korea is that citizens in the United States have popular sovereignty. What do we mean by popular sovereignty ?
The people choose to veto bills.
The people have the power.
The supreme court can make laws
The people can nominate supreme court justices
Author of the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
What is this an example of...
The President being able to veto laws.
Popular sovereignty
Checks & Balances
Power of the People
Where can you find the preamble of the Declaration of Independence?
At the end of the Declaration of Independence
At the beginning of the Declaration of Independence
In the middle of the Bill of rights
How many senators come from each state?
5
It depends on the population of that state
2
6
The Articles of Confederation gave most of the power to who?
The president
The people
The state governent
The federal government
What is the congress made up of?
Senate & house of Representatives
Senate & Federal governemtn
President & vice president
local & state governent
Congress could not ______________ under the Articles of Confederation
declare war
tax citizens
take people to court
No common currency means what?
no power to tax items people purchase
no common money, all states had different types of money
all states traded with the same people
Who was the Declaration of Independence written to?
Thomas Jefferson
King George III
George Washinton
The French President
What is parliament?
The President's cabinet
The British Government
The French Government
The family members of the government officials.
In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson listed the grievances that the colonist had. What does the word grievances mean?
the list of debts that were owed
complaints they had
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