Government Final Practice Quiz 1

1. What is the supreme law of the United States?

(a)  

2. What does the U.S. Constitution do? (identify or list 3 things that it does/ gives us)

3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

(a)  

4. Define what an amendment is?

(a)  

5. What do we call the first "10 amendments" to the U.S. Constitution? ________________________

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Natural Rights

• The Freedoms of Justice

6. What is one right or freedom protected by the First Amendment? (a)   (one word)

7. What are the (natural rights), or rights identified, in the Declaration of Independence? you can write the phrase if you want

• Right to Life, Right to Liberty, and the Right to the Pursuit of Happiness

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Right to Live, Right to Land, and the Right for Justice

8. What does freedom of religion mean? (respond in complete sentences)

(a)  

9. What does the “rule of law” mean? (when talking about the U.S. Constitution)

• The U.S. Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" / nobody is above the law

• The Constitution is the only written law for our nation

• Only select few government officials are above the rule of law (The Constitution)

• The U.S. Constitution only rules for the "50 States" not our Territories

10. Name/ identify the 3 branches or parts of the federal government:

• The Justice Department, The Executive Branch, and Congress

• The Senate, The House, and our President

• The Judicial Branch, The Legislative Branch, and our Executive Branch

• The Executive Branch, The Supreme Court Branch, and the Legislative Branch