Answer(s)
Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. senators.]
United States
Q19 – We elect a U.S. senator for how many years?
Answer(s)
Six (6) years
Q18 – How many U.S. senators are there?
Answer(s)
One hundred (100)
Q17 – What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Answer(s)
Senate & House of Representatives
Q16 – Who makes federal laws?
Answer(s)
Congress – Senate and House (of Representatives) – (U.S. or national) legislature
Q15 – Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer(s)
The President
Q14 – What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Answer(s)
Checks and balances – Separation of powers
Q13 – Name one branch or part of the government.
Answer(s)
Congress – Legislative – President – Executive – Judicial- The Courts
Q12 – What is the rule of law?
Answer(s)
Everyone must follow the law. – Leaders must obey the law. – Government must obey the law. – No one is above the law.
Q11 – What is the economic system of the United States?
Answer(s)
Capitalism (capitalist economy), Free market economy