unit 4

Question 1

What outlines the structure of our government?

Answer 1

The U.S constitution

Question 2

What is federalism?

Answer 2

the national and state governments have power

Question 3

Which level of government in our federal system is supreme?

Answer 3

national

Question 4

What are the primary responsibilites of the national government?

Answer 4

conduct foreign policy regulate commerce provide for the common defense

Question 5

What is foreign policy?

Answer 5

Our government’s relationship wiht other countries

Question 6

What is commerce?

Answer 6

trade ( national government regualtes trade between states and with other countries)

Question 7

What are reseerved powers?

Answer 7

Powers that are set aside for the state governments

Question 8

Which ammendment created reserved powers?

Answer 8

10th ammendment

Question 9

What are examples of reserved powers?

Answer 9

licensing, education, promoting public health, safety and welfare

Question 10

What are concurrent powers?

Answer 10

powers that are shared by both the staes and national governmens (ex.taxation)

Question 11

What is a federal mandate?

Answer 11

It is when the national government requires action by the state governments often produces tension between the governments

Question 12

What are the three branches of government?

Answer 12

legislative executive judicial

Question 13

What does separation of the powers mean?

Answer 13

The governments power is divided between the branches and each branch is given separate and distinct powers.e

Question 14

What are checks and balances?

Answer 14

The ability of each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches.

Question 15

What is congress?

Answer 15

legistlative branch

Question 16

What does bicameral mean?

Answer 16

two chambers

Question 17

What is a legislature?

Answer 17

a law making body

Question 18

What are the two chambers of congress?

Answer 18

House of representatives and the senate

Question 19

What is the census?

Answer 19

This counts the citizens in every state and is conducted everu 10 years for the purpose of determining a states representation in the House of Representatives.

Question 20

The House was meant to represent who?

Answer 20

the people

Question 21

The Senate represents who?

Answer 21

the states

Question 22

What is the total number of both the House and Senate?

Answer 22

535

Question 23

How many members are in the Senate?

Answer 23

100

Question 24

How many representatives are in the House?

Answer 24

435

Question 25

How long is a Senate term?

Answer 25

6 years

Question 26

How long is a House term?

Answer 26

2 years

Question 27

What are expressed powers

Answer 27

The powers of congress that are sepcifically listen ( written) in the constitution

Question 28

What are examples of expressed powers

Answer 28

Making laws for the nation approving the annual budget rasing revenue money through taxes fees & fines confirming presdiential appointments regulating interstate and foreign trade declaring war.

Question 29

What are implimied powers?

Answer 29

These are powers that are not stated in the constitution, but are used to carrty out expressed powers.

Question 30

What is the main function ( job) of congress?

Answer 30

Making laws

Question 31

Why are laws created?

Answer 31

In order to fix issues or problems

Question 32

What are teh baisc steps for how a bill becomes a law?

Answer 32

1 Introduce the bill in either the House or Senate 2. Assign bill to a committee 3.Debated on the floor of the House or Senate ( which one it was introduced in) 4. Vote in the House or Senate ( which one it was introduced in) 5. Sent to the other chamber of congress wehre steps 2-4 are repeated 6. If the bill passees both chambers of Congress it goes to the president who can either sign or veto it ( stop it)

Question 33

What is lobbying?

Answer 33

Is how individuals or interest groups try to legislators to introduce or cote for or against a particular bill

Question 34

What is a bill?

Answer 34

a draft of law

Question 35

How can individuals shape legislation or influence policy making?

Answer 35

voting campaigning or holding public office join an interest group

Question 37

What do interest groups do?

Answer 37

identify issues of importqance make political contributions ( give money) to political campaigns lobbying.

Question 38

Who is in charge of running the federeal government uncluding iverseeing the cabinet deopartments executive agencies and regulatory groups

Answer 38

The president

Question 39

What does the Cabinet do?

Answer 39

Advises the president and helps run the various departments of the federal government (ex: Department of Defense Department of Justice etc.

Question 40

What is the main job of the executive branch?

Answer 40

enforce the laws carry out the laws execute the laws

Question 41

What is the presidents role in the lawmaking process?

Answer 41

propose legislation approve or veto legislation carry out the laws by appoitning officials appeal to citizens to support ot reject legislation

Question 42

What is the presidents role as Cheif of State?

Answer 42

The cermenonial head of the 86government of the United States

Question 43

What is the presidents role as Cheif Executive?

Question 44

what is the presidents role as cheif Legislator

Question 45

What ist he presidents role as commander in Cheif?

Question 46

What is the presidents role as Cheif diplomat

Question 47

What is the Cheifs role as Cheif of the Party?

Question 48

What is the presidents role as Cheif Citizen