Three Branches of Government Review
Quiz by Kristen Cortes
Feel free to use or edit a copy
includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
With a free account, teachers can
- edit the questions
- save a copy for later
- start a class game
- view complete results in the Gradebook and Mastery Dashboards
- automatically assign follow-up activities based on students’ scores
- assign as homework
- share a link with colleagues
- print as a bubble sheet
25 questions
Show answers
- Q1How many representatives serve in the House of Representatives?53525043510030sEditDelete
- Q2How many Senators serve in the Senate?43525053510030sEditDelete
- Q3How is the number of representatives in the House decided?on populationBy the Supreme Courtby the Presidenton equality30sEditDelete
- Q4How is the number of Senators in the Senate decided?by the Presidentby the Supreme Courtequality - two per stateon population30sEditDelete
- Q5How long of a term does a representative in the House of Representatives serve?1 year2 years6 years4 years30sEditDelete
- Q6How long of a term does a senator in Senate serve?1 year62 years4 years30sEditDelete
- Q7The Legislative Branch has the power to.....enforce the lawexecute the lawmake lawsinterpret the law30sEditDelete
- Q8Why was the "elastic clause" included in the United States Constitution?prevent states from becoming too powerfulto allow Congress to make laws to carry out its delegated powersprotect people's liberties from abuse by the National Governmentprevent any branch of government from exceeding its power30sEditDelete
- Q9Who has the power to declare war?The Commander in ChiefLegislative BranchThe PresidentThe Executive Branch30sEditDelete
- Q10Which of the following is NOT a qualification for the PresidencyMust have served in Congress35 years of agelive in US for at least 14 yearsnatural born citizen30sEditDelete
- Q11Which of these offices follows the Vice President in the line of Presidential Succession?Speaker of the HouseSecretary of StateSecretary of the InteriorSecretary of Treasury30sEditDelete
- Q12This is the current holder of a political officecommanderincumbentsecretarydelegate30sEditDelete
- Q13This branch of government interprets the lawsLegislative BranchCongressJudicial BranchExecutive Branch30sEditDelete
- Q14Delegated powers of the national government that are spelled out directly in the Constitutionexpressed powerinherent powerstate powerimplied power30sEditDelete
- Q15This is a proposed law presented to a legislative body for consideration is called:topic selectionbilllawlegal consideration30sEditDelete
- Q16Those delegated powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers of the Constitution. Those "necessary and proper" are called:expressed powersdelegated powersinherent powersimplied powers30sEditDelete
- Q17The powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the national governmentdelegated powersinherent powersexpressed powersimplied powers30sEditDelete
- Q18An example of this role would be the President awarding a group with medals due to bravery.Chief ExecutiveChief LegislatorChief of StateChief of Party30sEditDelete
- Q19If they President was having a meeting about budgets for the Federal Government which role would be being fulfilled?Chief of StateChief ExecutiveChief AdministratorCommander in Chief30sEditDelete
- Q20President meets with a leader of his own political party - which role is being fulfilled?Chief AdministratorCommander in ChiefChief of PartyChief of State30sEditDelete