6 Written Questions

1. A process in which political representatives are chosen by ballot
2. An official meeting
3. consisting of two legislative branches, like the US Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
4. A person who is born in a country or a person who has legally established his or her allegiance to that country.
5. Loyalty to a nation, organization, or cause
6. A document outlining the basis of the rules of a country or organization.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the US, there are three branches of government: the legislative, the executive and the judicial
   1. Federal government
   2. branches of government
   3. Bill of Rights
   4. amendment
2. Pertaining to the national or central government
   1. Federal government
   2. Bill of Rights
   3. amendment
   4. branches of government
3. The part of the US government that administers the laws and other affairs of the government; it includes the President (also called the Chief Executive), the President's staff, executive agencies (the Office of Management and Budget, the National Security Council, etc.) and Cabinet departments (like the State Department, the Dept. of Defense, the Dept. of Agriculture, etc.
   1. bicameral
   2. executive branch
   3. election
   4. citizen
4. To make a minor change in
   1. amend
   2. debt
   3. amendment
   4. census
5. A change added onto the US Constitution (or other document) that adds new meaning. There are 27 amendments to the US Constitution (as of 2005); the first 10 amendments are called the Bill of Rights
   1. amendment
   2. debt
   3. citizen
   4. amend

5 True/False Questions

1. debt → Something that is owed, such as money

   True        False

2. Founding Fathers → The men whose actions were responsible for creating the United States of America and the US Constitution

   True        False

3. census → an official count of the number of people in a region. The survey is done by a government, usually periodically. The US census has been taken every 10 years since 1790 (in years ending in zero); this as mandated by the US Constitution. The results of the US census are used to determine how many members of the US House of Representatives represent an area, and to allocate federal funding for local programs.

   True        False

4. Bill of Rights → The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution are called the Bill of Rights.

   True        False

5. checks and balances → The part of the US government that administers the laws and other affairs of the government; it includes the President (also called the Chief Executive), the President's staff, executive agencies (the Office of Management and Budget, the National Security Council, etc.) and Cabinet departments (like the State Department, the Dept. of Defense, the Dept. of Agriculture, etc.

   True        False