Branches
Branches Part Two
Constitution
Types of Government
Bill of Rights
100
How many Branches of Government are there?
What is three?
100

This branch has Congress which includes the Senate and House of Representatives.

What is the Legislative Branch?

100

 This is written document that establishes the structure of the United States government. 

What is the Constitution?

100
This is a system of government that means power is divided between the national and state government. 

What is  a Federal system or Federalism?

100

The Bill of Rights includes how many amendments.

What is the first 10 amendments?

200
This branch makes the laws.
What is Legislative?
200
This branch has the Supreme Court.
What is Judicial?
200

This is the main purpose of the U.S. Constitution.

To give us laws and a government.

200

The power of printing money and declaring war belongs to 

What is the Federal Government?

200

The right to freedom of speech is included in which amendment.

What is amendment 1?

300
This branch carries out the laws.
What is Executive?
300

What does "Separation of Powers" mean in regards to the three branches of government?

What is that each branch has it own job and responsibilities?

300

"We the People" is in what part of the Constitution.

What is the Preamble?

300

There power of running schools and conduction elections belongs to

What is the state government?

300

This is the purpose of the Bill of Rights.

What is to protect our rights/freedoms?

400
This branch interprets the laws.
What is Judicial?
400

This is how one branch can limit the powers of another branch. 

What is checks and balances?

400

The saying "We the People" means

What that the government gets its power from its citizens because we elect our representatives/leaders?

400

This system is where citizens elect representatives to be leaders and  make decisions on their behalf

What is a representative democracy?

400

Name any right listed in the Bill of Rights.

What is Amendment 1-10?

500
This helps make sure no one branch has more power than any of the other branches.
What is checks and balances?
500
The president serves on this branch.
What is Executive?
500

This is a change to the Constitution. 


Hint: There are 27 changes made to the Constitution.

What is an amendment?

500

The power of collecting taxes belongs to 

What is federal and state government (shared Powers)?

500

These five freedoms are included in Amendment 1.

What is  Freedom of speech, Freedom of religion, Freedom of press, Freedom of assembly, and Freedom of petition?