Civics Jeopardy

Constitutional Government

100

Name the 3 branches of government. 

Legislative

Executive 

Judicial 

200

Name the 3 levels of government

National 

State 

Local 

300

This branch makes or writes the laws

Legislative Branch 

400

This branch enforces or carries out laws

Executive Branch

500

This branch interprets laws and has the power to declare laws unconstitutional.

Judicial Branch 

Economics

100

This is the amount of money that is exchanged for a good or service.

Price

200

This means that you can NEVER have EVERYTHING you want at the SAME time, so you must make choices.

Scarcity 

300

This is what is GIVEN UP when a person makes a choice.

Opportunity Cost

400

This means that the customer is always right.

Consumer Sovereignty

500

These 2 things decide what the price of something will be

Supply and Demand

Fundamentals

100

This document is the supreme law in the United States

The Constitution 

200

This document was the first plan for government in the United States. It didn’t work out...

Articles of Confederation

300

This fundamental principle means that the government does not have all of the power. For example, the government cannot tell you what to wear or what to eat for breakfast.

Limited Government

400

This fundamental principle means that our type of government is run by the people.

Democracy

500

This fundamental document stated the United States was free of British control.

Declaration of Independence

Amendments

100

This amendment gives citizens their 5 basic freedoms:

Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech

1st Ammendment

200

This amendment gives the government the power to tax its citizens.

16th Amendment

300

This amendment protects US citizens from be treated unfairly by the national government. It is one of the Due Process amendments.

5th Amendment

400

This amendment protects US citizens from be treated unfairly by state and local governments. It is one of the Due Process amendments.

14th Amendment

500

This is the name of the first 10 amendments to the U. S. Constitution.

Bill of Rights

Mixed

100

This is something citizens MUST do or go to jail.

Duty of Citizens

200

This is something citizens SHOULD do.

Responsibilities of citizens

300

This is the highest court in the country.

Supreme Court

400

This part of the United States economy means that different businesses are always trying to do better and make more money than other businesses.

Competition

500

These are groups you can join to try to lobby lawmakers and make political contributions ($).

Special Interest Groups