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Branches of Government/Checks and Balances Quiz
Authored by Mrs. Kennedy
Social Studies
7th Grade
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1.
LABELING QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Label what parts of our government systems go with each branch of government.
Supreme Court
interprets laws
Senate
enforces laws
President
House of Reps
makes laws
Congress
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is checks and balances?
A system of accounting for the finances of each branch of government.
A system to ensure that the federal government has more power than the state governments.
A system to ensure that states have more power than the federal government.
A system that ensures that each branch of government has some power over the others.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many representatives are in the House of Representatives and the Senate?
House=435; Senate=100
House=100; Senate=435
House=435; Senate=9
House=9; Senate=100
4.
CATEGORIZE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Match the correct qualifications to each branch of government.
Groups:
(a) President
,
(b) Senator
,
(c) Representative
live in state they represent
natural born citizen
35 years old
must live in district they represent
citizen 7 years
30 years old
citizen 9 years
live in US 14 years
25 years old
5.
CATEGORIZE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Match each branch of government with their powers.
Groups:
(a) President (Executive)
,
(b) Congress (Legislative)
,
(c) Judicial (Supreme Court)
overrides vetoes
interprets laws
approves appointees
enforces laws
vetoes bills
impeaches President
impeaches justices
makes laws
signs laws
finds laws unconstitutional
approves funding
Pardons people
negotiates treaties
finds Presidential actions unconstitutional
appoints justices
declares war
can overturn rulings by other judges
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Level 2 Question: Why did the Founding Fathers create a system where each branch can limit the power of the other? Give detailed response.
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Level 2 Question: Explain how each branch of the government checks the other branches. You need at least one example of a check from each of the three branches!
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