American Government Test

Question 1

What is the state’s lawmaking body?

Answer 1

Legislature

Question 2

How old do you have to be to be a member of the Senate?

Answer 2

30 years old

Question 3

Who is the commander and chief of the armed forces?

Answer 3

The President

Question 4

How many branches of government are in the national government?

Answer 4

3

Question 5

What body approves presidential appointments?

Answer 5

Senate

Question 6

What are the powers which are given to the national government in the Constitution?

Answer 6

Delegated Powers

Question 7

Who appoints federal judges?

Answer 7

President

Question 8

What is the process by which a foreigner becomes a citizen of another country?

Answer 8

Naturalization

Question 9

What gives the national government the power to make all laws “necessary and proper” for carrying out its assigned powers?

Answer 9

Elastic Clause

Question 10

What document gives the holder the sole right to produce & sell an invention?

Answer 10

Patent

Question 11

What is the highest court in the United States?

Answer 11

US Supreme Court

Question 12

What is the name given to the branch of government that carries out laws?

Answer 12

Executive

Question 13

What is a plan for a government that determines what a government can and can’t do?

Answer 13

Constitution

Question 14

What is the “introduction” to the Constitution that expresses the duties Americans expect their government to preform?

Answer 14

Preamble

Question 15

What word means “between the states”?

Answer 15

Interstate

Question 16

What term refers to the courts’ ability to declare a law unconstitutional?

Answer 16

Judicial Review

Question 17

What are the powers left to the state governments called?

Answer 17

Reserved Powers

Question 18

All US Senators must be native born Americans.

True or False?

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The president can call special sessions of Congress

True or False?

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The power to protect health and welfare of the public belongs to both the national and state government.

True or False?

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Congress can award a famous individual a title of nobility, but a state cannot.

True or False?

Answer 21

False

Question 22

The powers of Congress are found in Article 1 of the US Constitution.

True or False?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

A bill must be passed by both houses of Congress before it goes to the president for signature or veto.

True or False?

Answer 23

True

Question 24

State one power that belongs to the president.

Answer 24

Making Treaties

Question 25

Who has the power to declare war?

Answer 25

Congress

Question 26

The power to grant lic noses is an example of what type of power?

Answer 26

Reserved

Question 27

What is a system in which people are the source of power through elected representatives?

Answer 27

A Democracy

Question 28

In coining money a reserved power?

Answer 28

No

Question 29

What document protects the exclusive legal right to reproduce, sell, or distribute a literary, artistic, or musical work?

Answer 29

Copyright

Question 30

The term ______ means “heads of executive departments who serve as the president’s top advisors”

Answer 30

Cabinet

Question 31

Who delivers the State of the Union address?

Answer 31

The President

Question 32

What does the judicial branch do?

Answer 32

Punishes lawbreakers and interprets laws

Question 33

What makes up the executive branch of a state government?

Answer 33

Executive departments and the Governor

Question 34

What is the role/power of any legislative body?

Answer 34

Make Laws

Question 35

What is a system in which power resides in both national and state government?

Answer 35

Federalism

Question 36

What are the 2 houses that make up the US Congress?

Answer 36

• HOR

- Senate

Question 37

If there is a question about the meaning of a law or the Constitution, the determination is made by the ____________ ____________

Answer 37

National Government