The Executive Branch: Review Game

Terms and Qualifications

100

True or False: The president must have military experience.

False

200

Does the President need to be a natural born citizen? Define natural born citizen.

Yes. A person born abroad to American citizen parents or someone born in the United States. (Someone who is an American at birth)

300

What is the age requirement to be president?

35 years of age

400

How long is the President's term? What is the maximum length of time someone can hold the office of President

4 years and 10 years.

The President's Job Description

100

The President is the commander in chief. What does that mean?

It means the armed forces are subject to the President's direct and immediate control.

200

Describe the President's role as chief administrator. What does the President do in this role?

The President is the director of the executive branch. He directs and manages the executive branch, getting people in that branch to do their jobs they way they are supposed to be done.

300

Describe some differences between the President of the United States and leaders of other nations. Which role differentiate the President from the Queen of England?

Chief of state: the President is the ceremonial head of the government, the symbol of all the people of the nation.

400

Describe the Presidential role of chief diplomat.

This means that the President connects with leaders of other nations for negotiations and treaties. 

Federal Bureaucracy

100

How does the government affect you?

Answers may vary

200

What does infrastructure mean in regards to the government? 

Connections between the people through travel safely, stay in contact, and keep one another informed.

300

Why is Resource Development and Management within the government?

Making certain that the materials that are made or traded with are in order through different policies and agencies. A nation that does not maintain the important connections to resources will struggle. 

400

What reasons are there for the government to maintain a healthy working environment for the nation?

Having workers that are safe, receive fair treatment in their work environment, and receive a livable wage is important to maintain a positive economy.   

The Vice Presidency

100

What are the two formal duties of the Vice President?

To preside over the Senate (President of the Senate) and to support the president.

200

Why do most Vice Presidents get nominated for the position nowadays?

Because they balance the ticket, i.e. the presidential candidate chooses a running mate who can strengthen his chance of being elected by virtue of certain ideological, geographic, racial, ethnic, gender, or other characteristics.

300

How is a vice presidential vacancy dealt with?

The President nominates a Vice President who takes office after the passage of a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

400

Name one Vice President that assumed the role of President after the president's death.

Answers may vary:

John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford.

Foreign Policy

100

What are foreign policies?

Strategies and actions for relationships with other sovereign states

200

Who are the Presidents Foreign Policy Advisors?

The Secretary of State, The Secretary of Defense, The National Security Council, The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

300

What events caused a change in the US stance in impacting other nations?

World War I and World War II

400

What is Nation-Building?

$400,000.