Week 13: Foundations of Government
What is a law?
This is a rule created by government to protect people's rights
What is the legislative branch?
This branch of government makes laws.
Who is the governor?
This person leads Ohio's executive branch.
What are unalienable rights?
These rights are people are born with and cannot be taken away.
What is voting?
This important civic responsibility allows citizens to choose leaders and make decisions.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called this.
What are checks and balances?
This principle keeps one branch of government from becoming too powerful. Answer: What are checks and balances?
Ohio's state capital is this city.
Answer: What is Columbus?
What are civil rights?
These rights protect people from unfair actions by governments or other people.
Citizens must be at least this age to vote.
Answer: What is 18 years old?
James Madison introduced 12 proposed amendments, and this many became the Bill of Rights.
What are the 10 laws added to constitution? Who came up with them?
What is the judicial branch?
The Supreme Court is part of this branch.
Ohio's legislative branch consists of these two groups.
Answer: What are the House of Representatives and State Senate?
What are political rights?
These rights allow people to participate freely in government.
A place where citizens cast their votes is called this.
Answer: What is a polling place?
What is the First Amendment?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
Each state elects this number of U.S. senators.
Answer: What is two?
Ohio is divided into this many counties.
Answer: What is 88 counties?
What are economic rights?
These rights allow individuals to own property, operate businesses, and choose employment.
Presidential elections are held every this many years.
Answer: What is four years?
What is Article 5?
This article explains how the Constitution can be amended.
What is majority rule?
This democratic principle means more than half of voters decide the outcome.
What is civil discourse?
Citizens solve community problems respectfully using this practice.
The Declaration of Independence lists these three unalienable rights.
Answer: What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Citizens should gather information from these kinds of sources before voting.
Answer: What are credible or reliable sources?