Constitution
Vocab. Members and Responsibility True or False Name that Branch What can the government do?
The document that created a strong national government and still exists today. A-A1
What is the Constitution? Q-A1
A-A2 To reject a bill.
What is a veto? Q-A2
A-A3 The system that keeps one part of the government becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances? Q-A3
A-A4 The document that framed the first form of government for the U.S.
What are the Articles of Confederation? Q-A4
A-A5 The meeting where delegates got rid of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention? Q-A5
A-B1 What the Legislative Branch does.
What is “makes the law”? Q-B1
A-B2 The main responsibility of the Executive Branch.
What is “carry out the law”? Q-B2
A-B3 What the Judicial Branch does.
What is “interprets the law”? Q-B3
A-B4 The two groups that make up Congress.
What is the Senate and House of Representatives? Q-B4
A-B5 The leader of the Supreme Court.
What is the chief justice? Q-B5
A- C1 George Washington, James Madison, and Gouverneur Morris were three key figures at the Constitutional Convention.
What is true? Q-C1
A-C2 The Constitution created a government that was divided into three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.
What is true? Q-C2
A-C3 The key problem with the Articles of Confederation were that they made the national government too strong.
What is false? Q-C3
A-C4 During the Constitutional Convention, there were no disagreements. The delegates all had similar ideas for how the Constitution should be written.
What is false? Q-C4
A-C5 Two-thirds of the Senate can approve treaties between the United States and another country.
What is true? Q-C5
A-D1 The powers of this branch are “balanced” because its members are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate.
What is the judicial branch? Q-D1
A-D2 The head of this branch can suggest ideas for new laws in the State of the Union Address.
What is the executive branch? Q-D2
A-D3 Members of this branch can accept or reject appointments to important positions that the president makes.
What is the legislative branch? Q-D3
A-D4 This branch has the power to determine whether a law is unconstitutional.
What is the judicial branch? Q-D4
A-D5 This branch has the power to impeach government officials accused of serious crimes.
What is the legislative branch? Q-D5
A-E1 Scientists warn that a huge meteor is headed directly to the US. Many people have ideas about how to handle this emergency.
The president can call Congress together for a special session. Q-E1
A-E2 People want to know about new ideas the government has for solving national problems.
The president can use the State of the Union Address to suggest new laws. Q-E2
A-E3 According to the law, you cannot harass (be mean to) people because of their gender (whether they are male or female) or skin color. However, the law is no clear on what words or actions are considered harassment.
The federal courts can settle disagreements about what a new law means. Q-E3
A-E4 An important government official is accused of embezzling (stealing) money from the government. The official is humiliated (embarrassed) and quits his job. Government leaders think he has suffered enough.
The president can grant pardons (release people from punishment) to people guilty of federal crimes. Q-E4
A-E5 The president is accused of committing a serious crime. What TWO things can the government do?
1.The House of Representatives can impeach a government official. 2. The chief justice acts as the presiding judge during the impeachment trial. Q-E5
Final Jeopardy Q’est-ce que c’est que. Which Branch S-Final
Final Jeopardy The head of this branch can “check” the power of the legislative branch by vetoing any bill it passes. A-Final
What is the Executive Branch? Q-Final Final Jeopardy
Daily Double
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INSTRUCTIONS
How To Set Up A New Game (Page 1) You will need to come up with 25 answers followed by 25 questions in five different categories. All the updates to this file are like any other changes you can make in a PowerPoint slideshow. There are 25 pairs of pages waiting for you to enter your answers and questions. Each slide has a unique number in the lower left corner to help you keep track of which slide you are on. Since there are five categories the number starts with an A, B, C, D, or E, followed by a number within that category (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). The A- or Q- prefix indicates the position within a pair. So a slide that has A-C3 is the third category, third answer: it is the one in the very middle of the board. You can page down or page up to the desired slide and change the text that is already there with your answer. The category headings must also be changed on the game board slide. Do this by selecting the slide and clicking in the text you want to change. Note that the headings are in a table More
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How To Play Jeopardy (Page 1) Jeopardy is unusual in that the host (teacher) reads an answer and the players (students) must give the question. This means that the answers must clearly point to a unique question, and the players must phrase their responses with a “what is...” or “Who is...” etc. A player asks for a category and a number of any available answers. The host reads the answer and the first person to raise their hand, once the question is finished being read, gets to respond with the question. If they are correct then they receive the number of points for that question (as shown on the game board) and they get to select the next answer. If they are wrong then any remaining players may raise their hand and respond. (NOTE: If you have a particular way that this game works well in a classroom situation, please me at rriley.und5.umd.edu, so that I can include that here. Thanks)
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