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Government and Constitution Quiz 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an amendment?

a)

An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution

b)

A rejection of a bill

c)

A branch of government

d)

A period of low economic activity

2.

What does proportional mean?

a)

To interpret laws

b)

To reject a bill

c)

To be the same as or corresponding to

d)

To overturn a bill

3.

What does it mean to override?

a)

To carry out the nation's policies

b)

To interpret the nation's laws

c)

To approve a bill

d)

To overturn or defeat, as a bill proposed in Congress

4.

What is a veto?

a)

To add an amendment

b)

To interpret laws

c)

To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

d)

To approve a bill

5.

What is a depression?

a)

A rejection of a bill

b)

A branch of government

c)

A period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment

d)

An addition to the Constitution

6.

What is the role of the Executive Branch?

a)

To make the nation's laws

b)

To reject bills

c)

To interpret the nation's laws

d)

To carry out the nation's laws and policies

7.

What is the role of the Judicial Branch?

a)

To add amendments

b)

To carry out the nation's policies

c)

To make the nation's laws

d)

To interpret the nation's laws

8.

What is the role of the Legislative Branch?

a)

To make the nation's laws

b)

To reject bills

c)

To interpret the nation's laws

d)

To carry out the nation's policies

9.

What is a branch of government?

a)

A period of low economic activity

b)

A distinct division within a government with specific powers and responsibilities

c)

A rejection of a bill

d)

An addition to the Constitution

10.

Which branch of government is headed by the president?

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Legislative Branch

c)

Amendment Branch

d)

Judicial Branch

11.

Which branch of government includes the federal court system?

a)

Amendment Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

Executive Branch

d)

Legislative Branch

12.

Which branch of government makes the nation's laws?

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Legislative Branch

c)

Amendment Branch

d)

Judicial Branch

13.

What is the purpose of dividing government into branches?

a)

To create economic depressions

b)

To reject bills

c)

To prevent a concentration of power

d)

To add amendments

14.

What happens when a bill is vetoed?

a)

It becomes a law

b)

It is rejected and prevented from becoming a law

c)

It is interpreted by the Judicial Branch

d)

It is carried out by the Executive Branch

15.

What does it mean to add an amendment?

a)

To add to a formal document such as the Constitution

b)

To reject a bill

c)

To interpret laws

d)

To make the nation's laws