WorksheetsGov Final
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 28mins
The first three articles of the constitution establish the three branches of government. What are the three branches?
Congress - State - Federal
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
State - Federal - SCOTUS
Pine - Elm - Oak
Because the president is the head of the US military, he has the role of
chief citizen
chief legislator
commander in chief
chief of states
As a qualification for the presidency according to the constituion you must
be a citizen for at least 14 years and a christian
be at least 30 years old and a citizen
have experience in either the government or military and be born a US citizen
be born a US citizen and be 35 years of age
The first three articles of the constitution establish the three branches of government. Article 1 establishes the
state government
legislative branch
federal government
POTUS
The Chief Executive in the Executive branch is
POTUS
SCOTUS
federalism
bicameralism
The President receives an anual salary of
400,000
4 million
1 million
a ride on Santa's sleigh
The president has the power to 'forgive' people for federal crimes. This power is the
power to pardon
excuse clause
forgive and forget article
the elastic clause
When the president issues an edict that carries the power of a law, this is called
an executive order
a pocket veto
an order of supremacy
a self-starter directive
Today, because of the 22nd amendment, a president is limited to two terms. Prior to this,the only president to break precedent and serve more than two terms was
John F Kennedy
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Franklin D Roosevelt
The US Congress consists of the House of Reps (HoR) and Senate, so we refer to it as being
unicameral
bicameral
bioptic
dual federalism
Job #1 for congress is to
support the POTUS
enforce law
interpret law
make law
These are all roles of the president EXCEPT
chief citizen
chief administrator
chief judge
chief diplomat
The HoR is based on population and has a size of ________members. The Senate has equal representation regardless of state size, and has________Senators from each state.
538 - 50
100 - 100
538 - 100
435 - 2
The term of HoR members is _______ years, while Senate terms last _______ years.
4 - 4
6 - 2
2 - 6
2 - 4
The 16th amendment gave the power to
wage war
tax directly
investigate crimes
impeach the POTUS
Congress has the power to do all of the following EXCEPT
borrow
wage war
approve or reject appointments and treaties
appoint the SCOTUS
In order to accurately reflect changes in population, seats in the House of Reps are
reapportioned among the states every 10 years based on a census
unchanged due to the constitution
are redistricted by the US Senate
distributed equally among the states
Congressional districts that have been divided in a way that allows the party in power to reduce the number of seats the opposition party holds have been
scally-wagged
command - controlled
ratified
gerrymandered
The best word to describe our court system would be
lunar/solar
singular
dual
rectangular
Most court cases are held at the
state level
laser level
federal level
level in four
While state/local courts deal with crime and law violations, the federal court system deals with issues concerning
high crimes and misdemeanors
constitutionality
serious crimes that would result in the death penalty
traffic violations
Federal courts consist of district courts, circuit courts, and
congressional courts
executive orders
the Supreme Court
state courts
Jurisdiction means
appealing a case to the SCOTUS
judicial review
hearing a case for the first time
the authority to rule or hear a case
The best way to answer the question of 'what is the Supreme court' would be?
state/local buildings where criminal cases are held
the system of district and circuit courts
checks and balances of the three branches
9 justices
The current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is
Hank Hill
William Barr
John Marshall
John Roberts
The court case Marbury v. Madison set the precedent that gives the SCOTUS the power to decide what laws (both state and federal) and executive orders are constituional. This is known as
gerrymandering
federalism
judicial review
the elastic clause
Although more than 8,000 cases are typically appealed to the Supreme Court each year, the court will decide to hear about how many cases?
80
5-10
500
1000 - 2000
Supreme Court justices get their position by ______________ and their term lasts for_____________.
congressional appointment - 6 years
a popular vote of the people - life
presidential appointment - life
the electoral college - life
