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Question 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 1

The Constitution

Question 2

What does the Constitution do?

Answer 2

• sets up the government
• defines the government
• protects basic rights of Americans

Question 3

The idea of self-government is in the first
three words of the Constitution. What are
these words?

Answer 3

We the People

Question 4

What is an amendment?

Answer 4

• a change (to the Constitution)
• an addition (to the Constitution)

Question 5

What do we call the first ten amendments
to the Constitution?

Answer 5

the Bill of Rights

Question 6

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

Answer 6

• speech • religion • assembly • press • petition the government

Question 7

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Answer 7

Twenty-seven (27)

Question 8

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Answer 8

• announced our independence (from Great
Britain) • declared our independence (from Great
Britain) • said that the United States is free (from
Great Britain)

Question 9

What are two rights in the Declaration of
Independence?

Answer 9

• life
• liberty
• pursuit of happiness

Question 10

What is freedom of religion?

Answer 10

You can practice any religion, or not practice
a religion.

Question 11

What is the economic system in the United
States?*

Answer 11

• capitalist economy • market economy

Question 12

What is the “rule of law”?

Answer 12

• Everyone must follow the law. • Leaders must obey the law. • Government must obey the law. • No one is above the law.

Question 13

Name one branch or part of the government.*

Answer 13

• Congress • legislative • President • executive • the courts • judicial

Question 14

What stops one branch of government from
becoming too powerful?

Answer 14

• checks and balances
• separation of powers

Question 15

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

Answer 15

The President

Question 16

Who makes federal laws?

Answer 16

• Congress
• Senate and House (of Representatives)
• (U.S. or national) legislature

Question 17

What are the two parts of the U.S.
Congress?*

Answer 17

the Senate and House (of Representatives)

Question 18

How many U.S. Senators are there?

Answer 18

one hundred (100)

Question 19

We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

Answer 19

six (6)

Question 20

Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?*

Answer 20

Marco Rubio

Question 21

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Answer 21

four hundred thirty-five (435)

Question 22

We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

Answer 22

Two (2)

Question 23

Name your U.S. Representative.

Question 24

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

Answer 24

all people of the state

Question 25

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

Answer 25

• (because of) the state’s population • (because) they have more people • (because) some states have more people

Question 26

We elect a President for how many years?

Answer 26

four (4)

Question 27

In what month do we vote for President?*

Answer 27

November

Question 28

What is the name of the President of the United States now?*

Answer 28

Joe Biden

Question 29

What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

Answer 29

Kamala Harris

Question 30

If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Answer 30

the Vice President

Question 31

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Answer 31

the Speaker of the House

Question 32

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

Answer 32

the President

Question 33

Who signs bills to become laws?

Answer 33

the President

Question 34

Who vetoes bills?

Answer 34

the President

Question 35

What does the President’s Cabinet do?

Answer 35

advises the President

Question 36

What are two Cabinet-level positions?

Answer 36

• Secretary of Agriculture • Secretary of Commerce • Secretary of Defense • Secretary of Education • Secretary of Energy • Secretary of Health and Human Services • Secretary of Homeland Security • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development • Secretary of the Interior • Secretary of Labor • Secretary of State • Secretary of Transportation • Secretary of the Treasury • Secretary of Veterans Affairs • Attorney General • Vice President

Question 37

What does the judicial branch do?

Answer 37

• reviews laws • explains laws • resolves disputes (disagreements) • decides if a law goes against the Constitution

Question 38

What is the highest court in the United States?

Answer 38

the Supreme Court

Question 39

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Answer 39

Nine Justices

Question 40

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

Answer 40

John Roberts

Question 41

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

Answer 41

• to print money • to declare war • to create an army • to make treaties

Question 42

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

Answer 42

• provide schooling and education • provide protection (police) • provide safety (fire departments) • give a driver’s license • approve zoning and land use

Question 43

Who is the Governor of your state now?

Answer 43

Ron DeSantis

Question 44

What is the capital of your state?*

Answer 44

Tallahassee

Question 45

What are the two major political parties in the United States?*

Answer 45

Democratic and Republican

Question 46

What is the political party of the President now?

Answer 46

Democratic Party

Question 47

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

Answer 47

Mike Johnson