Government

What is the responsibility of the government?

• To bake cookies
• To host dance parties
• To walk dogs
• To create and enforce laws, provide public services, protect citizens' rights, and maintain order within society.

In a democracy country, how can people become a leader?

• By participating in elections and gaining the trust of the majority of voters
• By starting a military coup to overthrow the government
• By bribing officials to gain power
• By inheriting the position from a family member

What is one way you can show loyalty to you country?

• Respecting laws, participating in civic duties, supporting national symbols and saying the Pledge of Allegiance

• Breaking laws, neglecting civic duties, disregarding national symbols and traditions
• Ignoring laws, not participating in civic duties, opposing national symbols and traditions
• Disobeying laws, avoiding civic duties, disrespecting national symbols and traditions

What was the Declaration of Independence

• A scientific theory about gravity
• A document written during the American Revolution declaring the independence of the 13 American colonies from British rule.

• A recipe for making ice cream
• A map of the United States

What is ratified?

• To ignore or overlook something
• To formally approve or confirm something
• To postpone or delay something
• To reject or disapprove something

The U.S. Bills of Rights guarantees

• Personal freedoms

• Social justice
• Government control
• Collective responsibilities

Freedom of press is protected by

• Pledge of Allegiance

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• The president

What are the three branches of government?

• legislative, executive, administrative
• executive, legislative, judicial
• judicial, executive, legislative
• executive, legislative, military

What does the executive branch includes ?

• President, Vice President, Cabinet, federal agencies
• Mayors
• Senators
• Governors

What are checks and balances?

• A system of government where were no one branch of government becomes more powerful

• A system where only one branch of government has all the power
• A system where the branches of government do not interact with each other
• A system where the executive branch has complete control over the legislative and judicial branches