Separation of Powers
Branch of government responsible for making laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
The document that establishes a person as a legal permanent resident
What is a green card?
The type of government found in the United States
What is a Republic? (Or representative democracy)?
What is the name of the document which sets out how the United States should be governed?
What is the Constitution?
The President of the United States
Who is Donald Trump?
What is the Judicial branch?
The length of time an applicant must live in the US before applying for citizenship
What is five years?
The name of the most prominent International Governing Organization, membership in which generally signifies widespread diplomatic recognition
The name of the original framework of American government
This president addressed Congress on December 8, 1941 with the Infamy speech
Who is FDR?
Name two of your representatives in Congress
Any two of the following:
Thom Tillis, Richard Burr, David Rouzer, Robert Pittenger
The two exams you must pass to become a naturalization citizen
What are the English Language and Civics exams?
Name a country that is still governed by a monarchy
What is ex. Saudi Arabia?
The five types of governments found are the world
What are democracies, republics, oligarchies, monarchies, and dictatorships?
The current US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo
Name three members of the US Supreme Court
Any three of the following:
John G. Roberts, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Neil Gorsuch
What is through two of the following: your spouse, your job, or refugee/asylum status for over a year?
The four "requirements" for a nation to achieve international recongnition
What are territory, a stable population, government, and a diplomatic presence?
Describe four of the first 10 amendments to the US constitution (the rights they guarantee)
Ex.
First amendment: RAPPS
Second amendment: Right to bear arms
Third amendment: no quartering soldiers
Fourth amendment: protection from illegal search & seizure
Name the six functions of government as ordained in the Preamble to the US Consitution
Name one check each branch has on the other.
Ex.
Judicial -> Executive: declare executive actions unconstitutional
Executive -> Judicial: appoints judges
Judicial -> legislative: declare laws unconstitutional
Legislative -> Judicial: propose constitutional amendments to override judicial decisions
Legislative -> Executive: may impeach the President
Executive -> Legislative: may veto bills
Name four responsibilities (not rights) of an American citizen
Ex.
Vote
Serve on a jury
Defend the country in the armed forces if drafted
Pay taxes
Name the best example of a government by direct democracy and at what level this government exists
What is at the canton level of the Swiss federation?
Term used to refer to a multinational political union involving delegated power given to the governments of the member states, and an example of such
What is a supranational union, the European Union?
When did Japan strike the US in a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor to bring the US into WWII? Please give the date and approximate hour.
What is around 8 AM Hawaiian Time, December 7 1941?