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Articles I-III of the Constitution (3 Branches of Government)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following government positions with their term limits

a)

2 Years

1.

Representative

b)

6 Years

2.

Senator

c)

4 Years

3.

President

d)

Lifetime Appointment

4.

Federal Judge

2.

The House of Representatives was designed to represent

a)

The will of the people

b)

Aristocratic ideals

c)

The President and their cabinet

d)

Minority groups

3.

The Senate was designed to be

a)

Counter-majoritarian

b)

The voice of the people

c)

The President's legislative arm

d)

The only chamber of our legislative branch

4.

The federal court system below the Supreme Court is ordained and established by whom?

a)

President

b)

Congress

c)

The Supreme Court

d)

Popular vote

5.

How are federal judges selected?

a)

Sortition (Lottery)

b)

Nominated by the President

c)

Nominated in committee in the House of Representatives

d)

Confirmed by the President

6.

What is the highest court in California?

a)

Superior Court

b)

Court of Appeals

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Probate Court

7.

Match the following terms with their definition

a)

Considers modern society and its values when interpreting the Constitution

1.

Originalism

b)

Considers only what the text of the Constitution says without any other evidence

2.

Textualism

c)

Considers what the founders intended when they wrote the Constitution

3.

Living Constitution Theory

8.

How does the United States elect its president?

a)

Through the Electoral College system

b)

By popular vote

c)

By a vote of state legislatures

d)

By a vote in the Senate

9.

Where does impeachment originate?

a)

England

b)

House of Representatives

c)

Senate

d)

Election referendum vote

10.

Marbury v. Madison is notable because

a)

It expanded the federal government's power

b)

It established the concept of judicial review

c)

It allowed for "separate, but equal" segregated facilities

d)

It gave James Madison permission to take notes on the highly-secretive Constitutional Convention