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Constitution
Branches of Gov
Branches of Gov
General Information
Vocabulary
100
The introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble
100
Name the three Branches of Government
What are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
100
This group of people make the laws
What is Congress
100

When a person chooses a candidate for office they are doing what?

What is voting

100
Money paid by people or businesses to the government to support a city, state, or nation
What is taxes
200
Used to change the constitution
What is amendment
200
The Branch the lead by the president is...
What is the Executive Branch
200
The Supreme Court is made up of _____ justices
What is 9
200

Name a service the government provides citizens with the tax money collected.

What is-

1. police department 2. fire department 3. recycling


200

A plan for a new law.

What is a bill?

300

The part of the Constitution that protects a persons basic liberties/rights/freedoms.

What is The Bill of Rights

300
The Branch that decides if laws are unconstitutional is...
What is the Judicial Branch
300
Each state elects this many people to the Senate
What is two
300

The person chosen by voters to be the head of state government.

Who is the governor?

300

A system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other two branches so that no person or part of government will have too much power.

What is checks and balances?

400

A written set of laws that describes how government should work. (The highest law in the United States).

What is the Constitution?

400
The President's cabinet is part of this branch of government
What is the Executive Branch
400
The number of Representatives for each state is decided by...
What is the states population that the Representative comes from
400

The number of stars on the U.S. flag stand for this __________.

What is the number of states in the U.S.?

400

National, relating to the central government. The level of government that governs all 50 states.

What is federal?

500
The Constitution was written in 1787 by our founding fathers for this reason
What is to create a fair government
500
The branch that makes the laws is...
What is the Legislative Branch
500
The branch of the government that decides whether laws are constitutional is what branch?
What is the Judicial Branch
500

The level of government that Congress is part of is what level? (Not the branch but the level)

What is federal?

500

A form of government in which citizens vote to make decisions.

What is a democracy?