CIVIC LITERACY UPDATED LATEST ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - ✔✔checks
and balances, and separation of powers
✔✔who is in charge of the executive branch? - ✔✔president
✔✔who makes federal laws - ✔✔Congress,
Senate and House (of Representatives),
(U.S. or national) legislature
✔✔How many U.S. Senators are there? - ✔✔100
✔✔What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? - ✔✔Senate and House of
Representatives
✔✔we elect a us senator for how many years? - ✔✔6
✔✔Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now? - ✔✔Rick Scott
✔✔The House of Representatives has how many voting members? - ✔✔435
, ✔✔Name your U.S. Representative. - ✔✔Brian mast
✔✔Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - ✔✔all people of the state
✔✔Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - ✔✔states
population
✔✔We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? - ✔✔2
✔✔We elect a President for how many years? - ✔✔4
✔✔In what month do we vote for President? - ✔✔November
✔✔What is the name of the President of the United States now? - ✔✔Joe Biden
✔✔If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - ✔✔Vice President
✔✔What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? - ✔✔Kamala
Harris
✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes
President? - ✔✔the speaker of the house
✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - ✔✔president
✔✔Who signs bills to become laws? - ✔✔president
✔✔Who vetoes bills? - ✔✔president
✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do? - ✔✔advises the President
✔✔What are two Cabinet-level positions? - ✔✔Secretary of defense
Secretary of education
✔✔what does the judicial branch do? - ✔✔reviews laws
explains laws
resolves disputes (disagreements)
decides if a law goes against the Constitution
✔✔What is the highest court in the United States? - ✔✔Supreme Court
✔✔Under our constitution, some powers belong to the states. what is one power of the
states? - ✔✔providing schooling and education
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - ✔✔checks
and balances, and separation of powers
✔✔who is in charge of the executive branch? - ✔✔president
✔✔who makes federal laws - ✔✔Congress,
Senate and House (of Representatives),
(U.S. or national) legislature
✔✔How many U.S. Senators are there? - ✔✔100
✔✔What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? - ✔✔Senate and House of
Representatives
✔✔we elect a us senator for how many years? - ✔✔6
✔✔Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now? - ✔✔Rick Scott
✔✔The House of Representatives has how many voting members? - ✔✔435
, ✔✔Name your U.S. Representative. - ✔✔Brian mast
✔✔Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - ✔✔all people of the state
✔✔Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - ✔✔states
population
✔✔We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? - ✔✔2
✔✔We elect a President for how many years? - ✔✔4
✔✔In what month do we vote for President? - ✔✔November
✔✔What is the name of the President of the United States now? - ✔✔Joe Biden
✔✔If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - ✔✔Vice President
✔✔What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? - ✔✔Kamala
Harris
✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes
President? - ✔✔the speaker of the house
✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - ✔✔president
✔✔Who signs bills to become laws? - ✔✔president
✔✔Who vetoes bills? - ✔✔president
✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do? - ✔✔advises the President
✔✔What are two Cabinet-level positions? - ✔✔Secretary of defense
Secretary of education
✔✔what does the judicial branch do? - ✔✔reviews laws
explains laws
resolves disputes (disagreements)
decides if a law goes against the Constitution
✔✔What is the highest court in the United States? - ✔✔Supreme Court
✔✔Under our constitution, some powers belong to the states. what is one power of the
states? - ✔✔providing schooling and education
