Government: "Legislative Branch" & "Judicial Branch"

The legislative branch includes the Senate and the House of Representatives. Together they are called ________.

• Congress

• Judiciary

• Lawmakers

• Rulers

Congress has the power to:

• declare war

• approve government spending

• appoint judges

• collect taxes

• make executive orders

The Senate has _______ Senators.

• 50

• 100

• 435

• 350

Voters in each state elect _____ Senators, who server ______ year terms.

• 2 Senators

• 4 Senators

• 4 year

• 6 year

• 8 year

Unlike the president, there is no limit on how many times a Senator can be reelected.

Do you think this is a good thing, or a bad thing?

• That is a good thing

• That is a bad thing

Choose all that are true about the House of Representatives

• It is often called "the House"

• Only members of the House can introduce bills about raising taxes

• It has 200 members

• The term of office is 4 years

• It has 435 members

The judicial branch consists of

• the Supreme Court

• 13 circuit courts

• 50 state courts

• 94 district court

• 21 area courts

There are ________ associate justices on the Supreme Court.

• 8

• 9

• 12

• 7

There is 1 chief justice on the Supreme Court and that person is the ________ of the judicial branch of government.

The president appoints justices to the Supreme Court, but who else has a say?

• The House of Representatives

• The Senate

• The Judiciaries

• The head of the Supreme Court