Bureaucracy
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Rando
100

This is the greatest difference between Independent Executive Agencies and Independent Regulatory Agencies


IEA administrators are directly connected to the President.

100

The member in both houses and both parties responsible for party behavior.

Whip

100

The Constitution gives which branch of the Federal government the power to expand the size of the Judicial Branch?

Legislative Branch

100

Bargaining with congressional members, vetoing bills, and promising certain policies during the State of the Union address are all ways in which the president might fulfill the role of:

Chief Legislator

100

The number of bones we have in an ear.

3

Malleus, Incus, Stapes

200

From this branch the Bureaucracy receives its power.

Legislative Branch

200

The process of redistributing the seats of the House every ten years.

Reapportionment

200

A decision that has no weight of law but still has legal logic behind its disagreement with the majority

Dissenting Opinion

200

As Chief ____________, the president can appoint an ambassador

Diplomat

200

The main ingredient in hummus

Chickpeas

Garbanzo Beans

300

The bureaucracy’s role is to take care of the federal government’s business because

Congress writes broad laws due to them not being experts, so there is leeway for how the bureaucracy interprets, administers and enforces those laws.

300

If further discussion on a bill is asked for in the House of Representatives, a member can call for a __________________ to continue debate beyond the limits the Rules Committee established.

Committee of the Whole

300

The proper order of Federal Courts from most numerous to least.

District, Circuit, Supreme

300

Under the ___________ _________ Act, Presidents can send troops into battle without declaring war and while awaiting Congress to figure out spending to keep troops there.

War Powers

300

The name of the crime boss who was head of the feared Chicago Outfit.

Al Capone

400

The most common surname in the United States.

Smith

400

This SCOTUS case argued that redistricting must take more than race into consideration when redrawing district boundaries occurs.

Shaw vs. Reno

400

The US Supreme Court currently has _______ associate justices and one _____________.

8, Chief Justice

400

Presidents do not have this veto power.

Line-Item Veto

400

The name of the world's first artificial satellite.

Sputnik 1
500

This software company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

Microsoft

500

Aureolin is a shade of this color

Yellow

500

True or False: The SCOTUS is one of two types of courts directly mentioned in the Constitution.

False

It is the only one directly mentioned

500

This country features a shipwreck on its national flag.

Bermuda

500

The 2002 movie “8 Mile” is a semi-biographical story of this rapper.

Eminem

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