Social Studies: National Government

What type of government does the United States have

• royal charter

• military dictatorship

• ancestral monarchy

• constitutional republic

What determines the power and functions of the U.S. government?

• the Constitution

• Congress

• the military

• the president

What is the agreement people make to abide by the decisions of their representatives?

• the law of the land

• consent of the governed

• consent of the republic

• the law of the voters

What is NOT a branch of government?

• bureaucratic

• executive

• judicial

• legislative

What does each branch influence, according to the article?

• jobs

• laws

• pets

• schools

What keeps a branch from making an independent decisions?

• Manifest Desitiny

• the common good

• separation of powers

• consent of the governed