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Government
Government
Government
Government
Government
100
The body or institution that makes and administers society's laws.
What is Government
100
The oldest form of government in the world?
What is monarchy
100
What branch of government interprets the laws?
What is the Judicial Branch.
100
What are 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
The 3 branches of government.
What is Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
200
The sharing of power between the states and the central government.
What is the Federal System
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

What is the number of representatives from a state determined by?

What is the number of people in the state.

300
The 4 main types of government
What is monarchy, democracy, oligarchy, dictatorship.
300
How many votes are needed for a bill to become a law?
What is 2/3s or 3/5s
300
This war was nicknamed "the times of troubles."
What is the Revolutionary War?
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
Who interprets our laws?
Who is the Supreme Court
400
What admendment gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Admendment.
400
How many years can a respresentative in the House serve?
What is 2 years.
400

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
What amedment abolished slavery?
What is the 13th Amendment.
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
What is a bill not signed by the president in 10 days called?
What is pocket veto.