Purposes of Government
7 Principles of the Constitution
Types of Government
Branches of Government
Checks and Balances
100

Protection from foreign invasions

What is National Security?

100

Representatives in Government

What is republicanism?

100
Central government consists of one person or small group of people with all of the power

What is unitary?

100

Article 1 of the Constitution created this branch of government

What is legislative?

100

When a president decides not to sign a bill into law that congress has created

What is a veto?

200

Department of the Treasury

What is Economic Decisions?

200
"We the people" in the preamble
What is popular sovereignty?
200
A weak central government with strong state governments
What is confederate or confederal?
200

Article 3 created this branch of government

What is the judicial branch?

200

When a sitting president is accused of wrongdoing by the government of the United States

What is impeachment?

300

Providing medicare and medicaid

What are public services?

300

Powers not delegated to the federal government in the constitution are given to the states

What is limited government?

300

Shared power and levels of government

What is federal?

300

Article 2 created this branch of government

What is the executive branch?

300
the power of the federal courts to interpret the constitution, usually as a part of the law-making process

What is judicial review?

400

Placing tariffs on imported goods

What is making economic decisions?

400

Executive, Judicial and Legislative Branches of government

What is separation of power?

400

Examples include The European Union and The Confederacy during the Civil War

What is confederal or confederate?

400
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is a part of this branch

What is the judicial branch?

400

Congress approving the president's supreme court justice appointments is an example of ____branch checking ____branch

What is the legislative branch checking the executive branch?

500

Police officers enforcing the law in your local town

What is maintaining order?

500

federal, state and local governments with specific and shared powers between them

What is federalism?
500

Kimjongilism in North Korea is one example

What is a unitary government?

500

The Senate and the House of Representatives are a part of this branch of government

What is the legislative branch?

500

Judicial review is an example of the _______ branch checking the _______ branch

What is the judicial branch checking the legislative branch?

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