Question One

What document set up the current US

government?

Question Two

Name the three branches of government.

Question Three

What does “separation of

powers” mean?

Question Four

What does “elected” mean?

Question Five

What does “appointed” mean?

Question Six

What does “appointed” mean?

Question Seven

Which branches have people who are

elected?

Question Eight

Which branch has people who are

appointed?

Question Nine

How many justices are in the Supreme

Court?

Question Ten

What are the two parts of Congress?

Question Eleven

What are the three parts of the

Executive Branch?

Question Twelve

How long is one term for the President?

Question Thirteen

How many terms can Senators have their

jobs?

Question Fourteen

What must be signed by the President to

become a law?

Question Fifteen

What can the President do if he

does not like a bill?

Question Sixteen

Who can declare war?

Question Seventeen

Who can send troops to war?

Question Eighteen

Which part of Congress has 2

people from each state?

Question Nineteen

Which part of Congress is based

on population?

Question Twenty

What is the main job of Congress?

Question Twenty One

Who approves the budget?

Question Twenty Two

What does the Supreme Court

decide about laws?

Question Twenty Three

What are Supreme Court judges called?

Question Twenty Four

What kind of government does the

US have?

Question Twenty Five

How many terms can the President have

his or her job?

Question Twenty Six

Why is there a system of checks

and balances?

Question Twenty Seven

What does “checks and balances”

mean?

Question Twenty Eight

What is one way that Congress limits the President’s power?

Question Twenty Nine

What is one way that the Supreme Court limits Congress’s

power?

Question Thirty

What is the point of making a democratic

decision?

Question Thirty One

What are two responsibilities of a democratic citizen?

Question Thirty Two

What are two responsibilities of a democratic citizen?

Question Thirty Three

What are two rules that must be followed when making a democratic

decision?

Question Thirty Four

What are two rules that must be followed when making a democratic

decision?

Question Thirty Five

What level of government are the 3 branches (federal or

state)?