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Government Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which branch of government enforces the laws?

a)

Executive

b)

Legislative

c)

Judicial

d)

State

2.

How many representatives are there in the House of Representatives?

a)

100

b)

435

c)

9

d)

27

3.

Who is our President?

a)

Joe Biden

b)

Mike DeWine

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Barack Obama

4.

What is the purpose of the Constitution?

a)

To organize the three branches of government

b)

To guarantee rights to freedom of speech and worship

c)

To control education and police departments

d)

To serve the people of a town, city, or county

5.

What are unalienable rights?

a)

Rights people are born with that cannot be taken away

b)

Rules created by local, state, and national governments

c)

A group of people chosen to help decide a court case

d)

Money a person pays to the government

6.

Which branch makes the laws?

a)

State

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

d)

Judicial

7.

Which branch interprets the laws?

a)

judicial

b)

state

c)

executive

d)

legislative

8.

How many Senators are in Congress?

a)

48

b)

50

c)

1

d)

100

9.

When was the Constitution ratified?

a)

1812

b)

1981

c)

1789

d)

2023

10.

How many Amendments are in the Constitution?

a)

83

b)

27

c)

15

d)

1092

11.

Which document guarantees the rights to freedom of speech, worship, etc.?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

State of Ohio Constitution

d)

Magna Carta

12.

How many articles are in the Bill of Rights?

a)

73

b)

23,451

c)

10

d)

27

13.

Who leads our state government?

a)

Vice-President

b)

Governor

c)

President

d)

Principal

14.

Who is the governor of Ohio?

a)

Joe Burrow

b)

Mike Dewine

c)

Joe Biden

d)

Taylor Swift

15.

Which level of government is set up the same as our federal government?

a)

municipal

b)

state

c)

school district

d)

local

16.

What is a written plan for government?

a)

jury

b)

Constitution

c)

state government

d)

tax

17.

What is a rule created by local, state, and national governments to protect people's rights?

a)

veto

b)

verdict

c)

jury

d)

law

18.

When each side tries to persuade the other of their belief in an open and respectful manner

a)

civil discourse

b)

common good

c)

local government

d)

Constitution

19.

Government for the nation

a)

school district

b)

Federal

c)

state

d)

local

20.

When people make decisions based on what is best for everyone

a)

common good

b)

tax

c)

veto

d)

unalienable rights

21.

to reject

a)

law

b)

majority rule

c)

jury

d)

veto

22.

Each branch of the government has to be in agreement with the other two

a)

civil discourse

b)

unalienable rights

c)

checks and balances

d)

state government

23.

a system in which more than half of those participating in the decision-making process determines the outcome

a)

unalienable rights

b)

majority rule

c)

common good

d)

civil discourse

24.

government modeled after the federal government to lead the people of that state

a)

state government

b)

federal government

c)

local government

d)

school district

25.

government that serves the people of a town, city, or county

a)

federal government

b)

local government

c)

state government

d)

checks and balances

26.

a group of people chosen to help decide a court case

a)

law

b)

jury

c)

veto

d)

tax

27.

money a person pays to the government

a)

tax

b)

law

c)

jury

d)

veto

28.

the outcome

a)

law

b)

veto

c)

verdict

d)

tax

29.

rights people are born with that cannot be taken away

a)

civil discourse

b)

majority rule

c)

common good

d)

unalienable rights

30.

Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and freedom are examples of these

a)

checks and balances

b)

unalienable rights

c)

majority rule

d)

law