The document with the plan for U.S. government as it exists today.
What is the U.S. Constitution.
100
The president is the chief of this branch.
What is the executive branch?
100
An international organization where countries get together to work towards world peace.
What is the United Nations?
100
This person wrote a short book telling Americans to break away from England.
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
Someone born in a another country but has gone through the process to become a U.S. citizen?
What is a naturalized citizen?
200
The document that listed complaints against the king of England and announced the separation of the U.S. from England.
What is Declaration of Independence?
200
This branch makes or creates the law?
What is the legislative branch?
200
The level of government that makes decisions the directly affect your neighborhood (parks, fire department, trash removal).
What is the local government?
200
A document that limited the power of the King of England. (2 possible answers)
What is the Magna Carta or the English Bill of Rights?
300
The form of government where the ruler is a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
300
The first 10 amendments to the constitution that list the political freedoms of U.S. citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
This branch has judges and courts to interpret the law.
What is the judicial branch?
300
The chief executive of a state.
What is the governor?
300
When the president blocks a bill from becoming a law.
What is a veto?
400
The form of government in the United States.
What is representative democracy (or republic)?
400
2 answers: 1)the system where power is divided between 3 branches and 2) the system where one branch can block another from taking too much power.
What is 1) separation of powers and 2) checks and balances?
400
A person trying to get a elected to a political office.
What is a candidate?
400
If state and federal laws conflict, which should you follow?
What is federal law (it is the law for the whole country)?
400
This document was the first example of self-government in the American colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
500
The system of government where power is shared between the federal (national) government and the state governments.
What is federalism?
500
What are 2 steps of the amendment process?
What is proposed by 2/3 vote of Congress and passed by 3/4 of states?
500
The system used to represent the population in voting for president. The candidate who gets the most votes of the people gets all the votes for that state.
What is the electoral college?
500
The decisions the U.S. makes on how to act towards other countries (ex. going to war, peace treaties, trade agreements).
What is foreign policy or global policy?
500
What 2 things have to happen for someone to become a federal judge?
What is appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate?