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100

This system makes and administers our laws.

What is the Government?

100

Congress makes these to help keep our country safe and fair.

What are laws?

100

What branch of government interprets the laws?

What is the Judicial Branch?

100

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

What is The Bill of Rights?

100

What are the two houses that make up Congress?

What is the House of Representatives and the Senate.

200

These are the 3 branches of government.

What is Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?

200

This is the highest court in the United States.

What is the Supreme Court?

200

What branch of government makes the laws?

What is the Legislative Branch?

200

The president's refusal to sign a into law a bill that has been approved by Congress.

What is a veto?

200

This is how the number of representatives for each state is decided.

What is the population of the state?

300

This person is the leader of the United States.

Who is the President?

300

This song is our national anthem.

What is “The Star-Spangled Banner”?

300

The first words of the Constitution are “We the…” what?

What is People?

300

Who has to sign a bill before it becomes a law?

Who is the President?

300

How many years can a senator serve?

What is 6 years.

400

Our form of government in the U.S.

What is Democracy?

400

This group of 9 individuals is the highest court in our country.

What is the Supreme Court?

400

This person helps the President and takes over if the President can’t do the job.

Who is the Vice President?

400

This leader is in charge of a city.

What is the mayor?

400

This is how long can a Supreme Court judge serve.

What is for life?

500

Prevents one branch of government from dominating the others.

What is checks and balances?

500

What branch administers the operations of the government?

What is the Executive Branch?

500

This important paper is the plan for how our government works.

What is the Constitution?

500
Who has the power to coin money, to declare war, and to override a presidential veto with a 2/3s vote of both houses.
Who is Congress.
500

The leader of a state’s government is called this.

What is a governor?

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