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Civics - Ch 4

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which branch of government's primary job is to make the laws?

a)

Executive

b)

Judicial

c)

Legislative

2.

How many Senators are there from each state?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

6

d)

9

3.

How long do members of the House of Representatives serve?

a)

2 years

b)

4 years

c)

6 years

d)

For life or until retirement

4.

The President can draft (write) laws and pass them.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The main job of the Executive Branch is to enforce laws that have already been passed.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The President is in charge of all of our armed forces.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The President can decide who wins a court case.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What branch has the primary responsibility of interpreting the laws?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

d)

Custodial Branch

9.

How long does a federal judge serve?

a)

2 years

b)

4 years

c)

6 years

d)

For life or until retirement

10.
What are the 3 branches of government?
a)
Congress, President, Supreme Court
b)
Judicial, Legislative, Presidental
c)
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
d)
Presidental, Congress, Judges
11.
Who makes up the Legislative Branch?
a)
Congress
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Senate
d)
Donald Trump
12.
What branch makes the laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Legislative
c)
Judicial
13.
What branch interprets laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Legislative
c)
Judicial
14.
There are _____ senators.
a)
200
b)
150
c)
100
d)
50
15.

What is the main job of the Judicial Branch?

a)

Declare if laws are constitutional

b)

Enforce laws

c)

Make laws

d)

Calling Batman

16.

How many Senators are there from each state?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

6

d)

100

17.

Which system ensures that not one branch of government has too much power?

a)

checks

b)

checks and balances

c)

balances and courts

d)

Supreme Court

18.

Which Branch has a Bicameral Congress?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

The Presidential Cabinet

d)

Judicial Branch

19.

A representation of the people in one assembly being obtained, a question arises, whether all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, shall be left in this body? I think a people cannot be long free, nor ever happy, whose government is in one assembly.

---John Adams (1776)

What principle of government is being described?

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Rule of Law

20.

Veto power

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

21.

President

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

22.

Supreme Court

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

23.

Congress

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

24.

Override power

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

25.

Bicameral

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

26.

Interpret Laws

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

27.

Make Laws

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

28.

Enforce Laws

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

29.

House of Representatives

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

30.

Appointed for life

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

31.

Commander-in-Chief

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

32.

Senate

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

33.
Asked to be president of the Convention, first to sign
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
George Washington
c)
Alexander Hamilton
d)
John Adams
34.
Which house in Congress gives each state have equal representation? 
a)
Senate 
b)
House of Representatives 
c)
General Assembly 
d)
House of Commons 
35.
What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 
a)
The Declaration of Independence 
b)
The Constitution 
c)
The Magna Carta 
d)
The English Bill of Rights 
36.
The Constitutional Convention was ORIGINALLY convened to...
a)
write the Treaty of Paris.
b)
get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.
c)
decide who would fight Daniel Shay.
d)
improve the Articles of Confederation.
37.
The idea that Representation should be based on a states' population was the 
a)
New Jersey plan
b)
Virginia plan
c)
Connecticut plan
d)
Commerce Compromise
38.
The president would be elected through an indirect vote called the
a)
Commerce compromise
b)
Great Compromise
c)
Three-fifths Compromise
d)
Electoral College
39.
One major problem with the Articles is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money
a)
tax
b)
ask
c)
demand
d)
force
40.
Shay's Rebellion started as a protest against
a)
unfair taxes and farmer debt
b)
the death penalty
c)
no judicial system
d)
debtors' prisons
41.
Who is the "Father of the Constitution?"
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
42.
Small states favored the plan by William Patterson called the
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
Three-Fifths Compromise
c)
Virginia Plan
d)
Georgia Plan
43.
Americans were afraid that a ______ would lead to tyranny.
a)
strong state government
b)
weak government
c)
strong central government
d)
legslature
44.
The delegates kept their discussions secret so as to
a)
not cause a panic
b)
keep all the power to themselves
c)
ensure that everyone would speak their minds freely
45.
Oldest delegate, very well respected
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
George Washington
d)
James Madison
46.

What was our FIRST nation's government called that was created during the Revolutionary War?

a)

The Executive Branch

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

The Constitution

d)

Congress

47.

What did the Constitution replace?

a)

The president

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

Congress

d)

the Judicial Branch

48.

Which form of government gave the most power to the states and not the federal government?

a)

The Articles of Confederation

b)

The Constitution

49.

Why were they scared to give too much power to the Federal Government when they wrote the Articles of Confederation?

a)

They were afraid that the federal government would be like Britain

b)

They were afraid that they would not get their way as a state

c)

They were afraid that the federal government would do a good job

50.

Click all that apply to this question!!

What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

a)

states could act independently of each other

b)

The federal government could not tax and could not force states to do anything

c)

States did not have to follow the laws of the federal government. State laws were more important than federal laws

d)

The federal government was not responsible for solving disputes between the states

e)

there was no executive Branch and no judicial branch

51.

How many states did you need to amend or make a change to the Articles of Confederation?

a)

9

b)

13

c)

50

d)

1

52.

What was the orginal purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

a)

To get together and see old friends

b)

To create the Constitutional Convention

c)

To fix the Articles of Convention

d)

To write the Declaration of Independence

53.

Click all that apply

The Constitution did which of these things?

a)

Created a strong Federal Government

b)

added a Judicial Branch

c)

added an Executive Branch

d)

Created a strong state government

54.

A written plan that provides the basic framework of a government.

a)

A Resolution

b)

The Fundamental Orders

c)

An Amendement

d)

A Constitution

55.

A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.

a)

Congress

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

The Northwest Ordinance

56.

A meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.

a)

Congress

b)

Constitutional Convention

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

The Northwest Ordinance

57.

The group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.

a)

The Senate

b)

The Electoral College

c)

The House of Representatives

d)

The Constitutional Convention

58.

The plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

c)

The Federalist Papers

d)

The Articles of Confederation

59.

A country governed by elected representatives.

a)

Ratify

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Constitution

d)

Republic

60.

President of the Constitutional Convention

a)

James Madison

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

61.

James Madison

a)

President of the Constitutional Convention

b)

"Father of the Constitution"

c)

founder of the Federalist Party

d)

leader of the resistance to the new Constitution

62.

electoral college

a)

a university established by the constitutional convention to educate political candidates

b)

group of electors, chosen by state governors, that votes for president

c)

name given to delegates to the Constitutional Convention

d)

group of electors, chosen by each state based on population, that votes for president

63.

ratify

a)

to formally approve a plan or an agreement

b)

to edit a legal document based on the Constitution

c)

to protest the adoption of a new

Constitution

d)

to come to agreement with a person in opposition

64.

a country governed by elected representatives

a)

theocracy

b)

nation-state

c)

commonwealth

d)

republic

65.

delegate

a)

a person sent to represent others

b)

a person given power in the federal government

c)

a person chosen to speak about an issue in a convention

d)

a person who is a member of a political party

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