1. Branches of Government
Government Jeopardy
How A Bill Becomes a Law
Branches of Government
Grab Bag
Government
Who?
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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law
This is who writes a bill

3. $100 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law
Who is a legislator?

4. $200 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law
For an idea to become law, a state legislator must write this

5. $200 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law
What is a bill?

6. $300 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law
This is the last step before a bill becomes a law

7. $300 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law
What is the Governor/president signs the bill?

8. $400 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law
The Legislative Branch can approve a bill and override the President/Governor’s veto if they have this fraction of a majority vote.

9. $400 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law
What is 2/3?

10. $500 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law
This is the written statement of a plan for a state governmnet

11. $500 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law
What is a State Constitution?

12. The Executive Branch, in a local government
$100 Question – Who?
The Executive Branch, in a local government

13. (Or County Executive/Township Supervisor)
$100 Answer – Who?
Who is the Mayor?
(Or County Executive/Township Supervisor)

14. The Legislative Branch in the Federal Government
$200 Question – Who?
The Legislative Branch in the Federal Government

15. $200 Answer – Who
Who is the U.S. Congress?

16. The Judicial Branch in the State level of governmnet
$300 Question – Who
The Judicial Branch in the State level of governmnet

17. $300 Answer – Who?
Who is the State Supreme Court?

18. $400 Question – Who?
Michigan’s Governor

19. $400 Answer – Who?
Who is Rick Snyder?

20. The commander –in-chief of the US Military
$500 Question – Who?
The commander –in-chief of the US Military

21. What is the President of the United States (Obama)?
$500 Answer – Who?
What is the President of the United States (Obama)?

22. $100 Question – Government
The three levels of Government in the United States

23. What are the Federal, State,
$100 Answer – Government
What are the Federal, State,
and Local levels?

24. $200 Question – Government
The system set up in the U.S. Constitution to allow each branch of government ways to limit the power of the other branches of government

25. What is the system of checks and balances?
$200 Answer – Government
What is the system of checks and balances?

26. $300 Question – Government
A type of government in which people choose leaders to act for them

27. $300 Answer – Government
What is a republic?

28. $400 Question – Government
This means ‘rule by the people’

29. $400 Answer – Government
What is democracy?

30. $500 Question – Government
Citizens have many rights.
This right is the right of
the people to give legislators
ideas for new laws.??

31. $500 Answer – Government
Citizens have many rights.
This right is the right of
the people to give legislators
ideas for new laws.??

32. $100 Question – Branches
Enforces the laws

33. What is the Executive Branch?
$100 Answer – Branches
What is the Executive Branch?

34. $200 Question – Branches
Makes the laws

35. What is the Legislative Branch?
$200 Answer – Branches
What is the Legislative Branch?

36. Makes sure the people are treated fairly.
$300 Question – Branches
Makes sure the people are treated fairly.

37. $300 Answer – Branches
What is the Judicial Branch?

38. Has the power to impeach a president/governor
$400 Question - Branches
Has the power to impeach a president/governor

39. $400 Answer – Branches
What is the Legislative Branch?

40. Nominates Justices to the Supreme Court
$500 Question – Branches
Nominates Justices to the Supreme Court

41. What is the Executive Branch?
$500 Answer – Branches
What is the Executive Branch?

42. The age you must be to vote in an election.
$100 Question – Grab Bag
The age you must be to vote in an election.

43. $100 Answer – Grab Bag
What is 18 years old?

44. Where this bill originated:
$200 Question – Grab Bag
Where this bill originated:
H.5155.

45. What is the House of Representatives?
$200 Answer – Grab Bag
What is the House of Representatives?

46. $300 Question – Grab Bag
This branch of government protects individual’s rights and punishes the guilty

47. $300 Answer – Grab Bag
What is the Judicial Branch?

48. Local government can contain any if these three types of government.
$400 Question – Grab Bag
Local government can contain any if these three types of government.

49. $400 Answer – Grab Bag
What is City, Town, and County?

50. How we chose our leaders.
$500 Question – Grab Bag
How we chose our leaders.

51. What is an election/voting?
$500 Answer – Grab Bag
What is an election/voting?

52. Final Jeopardy
We the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.

53. What is the Preamble to the US Constitution?
Final Jeopardy Answer
What is the Preamble to the US Constitution?