EOC Survivor

Season 4The Three Branches of Government

Question 1

Name the 3 Constitutional requirements to be President.

(35, 14 year residency, and a natural born citizen)

Question 2

What federal courts have only appellate jurisdiction?

(The Courts of Appeals)

Question 3

What is a precedent? (A case others are

based upon; a model)

Question 4

• How many seats are there in the House of Representatives?

(435)

Question 5

How do federal judges and justices get their jobs?

(Appointed by the President, approved

by the Senate)

Question 6

How many electoral votes does it take to become President?

(270)

Question 7

What article of the Constitution established the judicial branch?

(3)

Question 8

Define judicial review.

(When the courts declare laws and actions unconstitutional)

Question 9

What is the opinion of the losing side in a Supreme Court case called? (Dissenting opinion)

Question 10

How many Supreme Court Justices are there?

(9)

Question 11

How long do federal judges serve?

(For life)

Question 12

What is the only court established by the Constitution?

(U.S. Supreme Court)

Question 13

•What is a formal accusation of wrongdoing called?

(Impeachment)

Question 14What are the 4 ways a federal judge or justice can lose their job?(Die, Retire, Resign or

Be Impeached)

Question 15

What is original jurisdiction?

(The authority to hear a case first)

Question 16

What is the President’s annual speech to Congress called?

(The State of the Union Address)

Question 17

What is the leader of the lower house of Congress called?

(Speaker of the House)

Question 18

What is a civil case? (Case that involves a dispute between two

or more parties)

Question 19

• In which Congressional District is Currituck County located?

(The 3rd)

Question 20

What is a criminal case?

(Case where laws have been broken)

Question 21

How many women are on the Supreme Court?

(3)

Question 22

How can Congress check judicial review?

(Begin a Constitutional Amendment)

Question 23

What branch was established by Article 2 of the Constitution?

(The Executive Branch)

Question 24

What case legalized abortion?

(Roe v. Wade)

Question 25

What federal courts have original jurisdiction over most cases?

(Federal District Courts)

Question 26What case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

(Brown v. Topeka BOE)

Question 27

• In which house must all tax or appropriation bills begin?

(The House of Representatives)

Question 28

How many electoral votes does N.C. have?

(15)

Question 29

What case established that students do not shed rights at school?

(Tinker v. Des Moines)

Question 30

What Article of the Constitution established the legislative branch?

(Article I)

Question 31

•Which house has the power to approve the President’s treaties & appointments?

(The Senate)

Question 32

What branch sets the number of justices on the Supreme Court and their salaries?

(Congress or legislative branch)

Question 33What case established

the right to an attorney?

(Gideon v. Wainwright)

Question 34

About how many cases does the Supreme Court hear each session?

(200)

Question 35What case established

the reading of your rights?

(Miranda v. Arizona)

Question 36

• What word means that the President refuses to sign a bill into law?

(Veto)

Question 37

What branch interprets laws?

(Judicial branch)

Question 38

What case established judicial review?

(Marbury v. Madison)

Question 39

Who guards the President and his family for life?

(The Secret Service)

Question 40What case established interstate commerce is under federal control.

(Gibbons v. Ogden)

Question 41

Who is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

(John Roberts)

Question 42

Where is the nearest federal courthouse?(Elizabeth City)

Question 43

How many members are there in the US Senate?

(100)

Question 44

• In what building does Congress meet?

(The Capitol Building)

Question 45

• Who chooses the party’s Vice Presidential candidate?

(The party’s Presidential Candidate)