Chapter 3.2 - 3 Branches of Govt

The executive branch is responsible for

• a. making laws

• b. passing laws

• c. carrying out laws.

• d. distributing power.

2. The judicial branch of government

• a. interprets laws and punishes lawbreakers.

• b. makes laws.

• c. elects officials.

• d. vetoes laws.

3. The federal court system is the

• a. legislative branch.

• b. judicial branch.

• c. executive branch.

• d. electoral branch.

4. The president can

• a. punish lawbreakers.

• b. turn down proposed laws.

• c. make laws. .

• d. appoint people to Congress.

5. The legislative branch

• a. elects the vice president.

• b. makes laws.

• c. establishes power.

• d. elects judges.

6. The federal executive branch is headed by

• a. The Supreme Court

• b. Congress

• c. The president

• d. state officials

7. The Supreme Court can

• a. interprets the meaning of laws.

• b. can override a veto.

• c. balances the three branches of government.

• d. can only have male justices

8. Overriding a presidential veto requires

• d. the vice president’s approval.

• c. a vote by the people.

• b. a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress.

• a. judges to intervene.

9. The powers of government are balanced by

• c. Congress.

• b. judges.

• a. the president.

• d. being distributed among three branches.

7. Checks and balances ensure

• a. that laws are made.

• b. the power of the veto.

• c. the lower courts’ power.

• d. that no branch of government has more power than another.