1. Three Branches of Government
Review Questions

2. Questions:
What does the Constitution do? ___________________________________
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? _______________________
Name one branch or part of government. ___________________________________

3. Questions:
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch? ______________________
What is the name of the President of the United States now? ______________________
We elect a President for how many years? ______
In what month do we vote for President? ________
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? ________________________
Who is the Vice President now? ________________

4. Questions:
What does the President’s Cabinet do? ___________________________________
What are two cabinet-level positions? ___________________________________
Who signs bills to become law? ____________
Who vetoes bills? ________________
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? _______________________
What are the two major political parties? ____________________________
What is the political party of the President now? ________________________

5. Questions:
Who makes federal laws? ___________________
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? _______________________________
How many U.S. Senators are there? ___________
We elect a Senator for how many years? _______
Who does a Senator represent? ______________
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now? _____________________________

6. Questions:
The U.S. House of Representatives has how many voting members? _______________
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?__________________
Name your U.S. Representative. ________________
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? ____________________________
What is the name of the Speaker of the House now? ___________________________
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? ___________________________

7. Questions:
What does the judicial branch do? _________________________________________
What is the highest court in the United States? ___________________________
How many justices are on the Supreme Court? ________
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? _____________________________
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? ______________________________
What is the “rule of law”? ____________________