Jeopardy Electoral College Executive Branch Legislative Branch Judicial Branch Const. Convention $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

ANSWER – Electoral College 100 These people are the ones who actually elect the President and Vice President. They are members of the electoral college.

QUESTION Who are electors?

ANSWER – Electoral College 200 The combination of the number of Senators and members of this part of Congress determine the number of electors for a state.

QUESTION What is the House of Representatives?

ANSWER – Electoral College 300 In order to win the election, a candidate needs this portion of the electoral votes.

QUESTION What is a majority?

ANSWER – Electoral College 400 If the candidate wins this, they usually also win the electoral vote.

QUESTION What is the popular vote?

ANSWER – Electoral College 500 This is the total number of electoral votes available.

QUESTION What is 538?

ANSWER – Executive 100 This is the name given to the head of the Executive Branch.

QUESTION What is the President?

ANSWER – Executive 200 This is the age required to become President of the United States.

QUESTION What is 35 years old?

ANSWER – Executive 300 The President has this check on the Legislative Branch.

QUESTION What is vetoing bills?

ANSWER – Executive 400 These are two of the things Presidents can do as diplomats. This means interacting with other nations.

QUESTION What is appointing ambassadors and making treaties?

ANSWER – Executive 500 The President has this type of military power.

QUESTION What is commander in chief?

ANSWER – Legislative 100 This is the word used when talking about the Legislative Branch of the United States.

QUESTION What is Congress?

ANSWER – Legislative 200 The two houses of Congress are The House of Representatives and this.

QUESTION What is the Senate?

ANSWER – Legislative 300 In order to hold a seat as a Representative in the House, a person must be at citizen for at least this many years.

QUESTION What is 7 years?

ANSWER – Legislative 400 Members of Congress are elected by this group.

QUESTION What are citizens of the United States?

ANSWER – Legislative 500 Membership in the Senate is equal for every state. Membership in the House of Representatives is based on this.

QUESTION What is population?

ANSWER – Judicial 100 This is the name for the highest court in the United States.

QUESTION What is the Supreme Court?

ANSWER – Judicial 200 This is the name for members of the Supreme Court.

QUESTION What are Justices?

ANSWER – Judicial 300 The President makes appointments to the Supreme Court. These appointments must be approved by this group.

QUESTION What is the Senate?

ANSWER – Judicial 400 Decisions made by the Supreme Court are known as this.

QUESTION What are opinions?

ANSWER – Judicial 500 When the losing side of a case gets the case retried it is known as this.

QUESTION What is an appeal?

ANSWER – Convention 100 The Constitutional Convention took place in this city.

QUESTION What is Philadelphia?

ANSWER – Convention 200 This man was elected President of the Constitutional Convention.

QUESTION Who was George Washington?

ANSWER – Convention 300 The plan that led to a two house government system in the United States was called this.

QUESTION What was the Great Compromise?

ANSWER – Convention 400 This compromise involved slavery and representation. Each slave was to be counted for 3/5 of a person.

QUESTION What is the 3/5 Compromise?

ANSWER – Convention 500 This phrase begins the famous document that was composed at the Constitutional Convention.

QUESTION What is “We the people in order to form a more perfect Union…”?

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Final Jeopardy Category: Government Systems

Answer – Final Jeopardy This is a government system where members of the government are elected as representatives of the people.

Question What is a democracy?