Branches of Government Government Jeopardy How A Bill Becomes a Law Branches of Government Grab Bag Government Who? Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law This is who writes a bill

$100 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law Who is a legislator?

$200 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law For an idea to become law, a state legislator must write this

$200 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law What is a bill?

$300 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law This is the last step before a bill becomes a law

$300 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law What is the Governor/president signs the bill?

$400 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law The Legislative Branch can approve a bill and override the President/Governor’s veto if they have this fraction of a majority vote.

$400 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law What is 2/3?

$500 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law This is the written statement of a plan for a state governmnet

$500 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law What is a State Constitution?

The Executive Branch, in a local government $100 Question – Who? The Executive Branch, in a local government

(Or County Executive/Township Supervisor) $100 Answer – Who? Who is the Mayor? (Or County Executive/Township Supervisor)

The Legislative Branch in the Federal Government $200 Question – Who? The Legislative Branch in the Federal Government

$200 Answer – Who Who is the U.S. Congress?

The Judicial Branch in the State level of governmnet $300 Question – Who The Judicial Branch in the State level of governmnet

$300 Answer – Who? Who is the State Supreme Court?

$400 Question – Who? Michigan’s Governor

$400 Answer – Who? Who is Rick Snyder?

The commander –in-chief of the US Military $500 Question – Who? The commander –in-chief of the US Military

What is the President of the United States (Obama)? $500 Answer – Who? What is the President of the United States (Obama)?

$100 Question – Government The three levels of Government in the United States

What are the Federal, State, $100 Answer – Government What are the Federal, State, and Local levels?

$200 Question – Government The system set up in the U.S. Constitution to allow each branch of government ways to limit the power of the other branches of government

What is the system of checks and balances? $200 Answer – Government What is the system of checks and balances?

$300 Question – Government A type of government in which people choose leaders to act for them

$300 Answer – Government What is a republic?

$400 Question – Government This means ‘rule by the people’

$400 Answer – Government What is democracy?

$500 Question – Government Citizens have many rights. This right is the right of the people to give legislators ideas for new laws.??

$500 Answer – Government Citizens have many rights. This right is the right of the people to give legislators ideas for new laws.??

$100 Question – Branches Enforces the laws

What is the Executive Branch? $100 Answer – Branches What is the Executive Branch?

$200 Question – Branches Makes the laws

What is the Legislative Branch? $200 Answer – Branches What is the Legislative Branch?

Makes sure the people are treated fairly. $300 Question – Branches Makes sure the people are treated fairly.

$300 Answer – Branches What is the Judicial Branch?

Has the power to impeach a president/governor $400 Question - Branches Has the power to impeach a president/governor

$400 Answer – Branches What is the Legislative Branch?

Nominates Justices to the Supreme Court $500 Question – Branches Nominates Justices to the Supreme Court

What is the Executive Branch? $500 Answer – Branches What is the Executive Branch?

The age you must be to vote in an election. $100 Question – Grab Bag The age you must be to vote in an election.

$100 Answer – Grab Bag What is 18 years old?

Where this bill originated: $200 Question – Grab Bag Where this bill originated: H.5155.

What is the House of Representatives? $200 Answer – Grab Bag What is the House of Representatives?

$300 Question – Grab Bag This branch of government protects individual’s rights and punishes the guilty

$300 Answer – Grab Bag What is the Judicial Branch?

Local government can contain any if these three types of government. $400 Question – Grab Bag Local government can contain any if these three types of government.

$400 Answer – Grab Bag What is City, Town, and County?

How we chose our leaders. $500 Question – Grab Bag How we chose our leaders.

What is an election/voting? $500 Answer – Grab Bag What is an election/voting?

Final Jeopardy We the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.

What is the Preamble to the US Constitution? Final Jeopardy Answer What is the Preamble to the US Constitution?