Goverment

Question 1

What does the executive branch do?

Answer 1

Enforce laws

Question 2

How is the number of representatives determined for each house?

Answer 2

The population of the state

Question 3

How many total Congress are their in the United States?

Answer 3

535

Question 4

How many total senates are their in the United States?

Answer 4

100

Question 5

How many total House of Representatives are their in the United States

Answer 5

435

Question 6

How many Supreme Courts are their in the United States?

Answer 6

Only one

Question 7

How many Court of Appeals are their in the United States?

Answer 7

13

Question 8

How many district courts are their in the United States?

Answer 8

94

Question 9

What are the powers of congress?

Answer 9

Collect taxes
Establish post offices
Declare war
Make coin money

Question 10

What does the legislative branch do?

Answer 10

Makes the nations laws

Question 11

What are the three qualifications to be a House of Representatives

Answer 11

You must be 25 years old
Been a US citizen for 7 years
Live in the state you want to represent

Question 12

What are the 3 qualifications to be a senate?

Answer 12

You must be 30 years old
Be a US citizen for 9 years
Live in the state you want to represent

Question 13

Who is the leader of the legislative branch?

Answer 13

Congress

Question 14

How many terms can the president serve

Answer 14

2 terms

Question 15

What is the term length to to be president?

Answer 15

4 years

Question 16

What article of the constitution sets up the executive branch?

Answer 16

Article 2

Question 17

What article of the constitution sets up the judicial branch?

Answer 17

Article 3

Question 18

What article of the constitution sets up the legislative branch?

Answer 18

Article 1

Question 19

Who are the members of the judicial branch?

Answer 19

Federal Judges
Justices
Chief Justices

Question 20

What are the different levels of the court system?

Answer 20

District courts
Court of appeals
Supreme Court

Question 21

What are the 3 qualifications to be president?

Answer 21

Born in America
35 years old
14 years of residency

Question 22

Who are the members of the legislative branch?

Answer 22

Congress
Senate
House of Representatives

Question 23

What does the judicial branch do?

Answer 23

Interpret the laws

Question 24

What are the term lengths for the Supreme Court justices?

Answer 24

Until they die, retire or get kicked out.

Question 25

Who are the members of the executive branch?

Answer 25

President Vice President The cabinet

Question 26

Who is the leader of the executive branch?

Answer 26

The president

Question 27

What are the powers of the president?

Answer 27

Rule veto Reject treaties Executive orders

Question 28

What are the term lengths for senate?

Answer 28

6 years

Question 29

Federalism

Answer 29

Division of power between a central government and state governments

Question 30

What is our current president, Vice President, and Missouri governor.

Answer 30

President: Obama Vice President:Joseph Biden Missouri governor: Jay Nixon

Question 31

Representative Democracy

Answer 31

Citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interest in government.

Question 32

Direct democracy

Answer 32

Citizens are directly involved in the day to day work of the government

Question 33

Autocracy

Answer 33

One person has all the power

Question 34

Monarchy

Answer 34

A king or queen rules the country

Question 35

Dictatorship

Answer 35

One leader has absolute control over citizens life

Question 36

Oligarchy

Answer 36

A small group of people who rule the country

Question 37

Theocracy

Answer 37

Religion is at the center of the government

Question 38

Anarchy

Answer 38

A type of goverment in which no one is in control

Question 39

How does the judicial branch "check" the legislative branch?

Answer 39

The courts can declare laws made in congress unconstitutional.

Question 40

How does the legislative branch "check" the judicial branch?

Answer 40

The congress creates the lower courts. And can remove judges.

Question 41

How does the executive branch "check" the legislative branch?

Answer 41

The president can veto bills and pressure congress to make laws

Question 42

How does the legislative branch "check" the executive branch?

Answer 42

The congress can override veto with 2/3 vote or 61%

Question 43

How can the judicial branch "check" the power of the executive branch?

Answer 43

The judicial branch can declare executive actions unconstitutional.

Question 44

How can the executive branch "check" the judicial branch?

Answer 44

The president can appoint supreme. Court justices and other federal judges.

Question 45

Who does a bill become a law

Answer 45

It is introduced to a member of House are Senate. then it is assigned to a committee. Then the bill is worked on the till approved. Then it is voted on into it receives a 51% vote it is passed ontwo times then the president who can roll of detail in Congress can override veto with the two thirds vote

Question 46

What is the purpose of the preamble

Answer 46

To list the goals of the new goverment

Question 47

Electoral college

Answer 47

House + Senate = amount of electoral votes

Question 48

How many electoral votes are there?

Answer 48

230

Question 49

Judicial rewiew

Answer 49

The authority to declare laws made by congress or states unconstitutional