1. What is the supreme law of the land: The constitution
2. What does the constitution do?: sets up the government
defines the government
protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are these words?: we the people
4. What is an amendment?: change (to the Constitution)
addition (to the Constitution)
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?: The Bill of
Rights
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*: Speech
Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?: 27
8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?: announced our indepen-
dence (from Great Britain)
declared our independence (from Great Britain)
said that the US is free (from Great Britain)
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?: life
liberty
pursuit of happiness
10. What is freedom of religion?: can practice any religion, or not practice a
religion
11. What is the economic system in the United States?*: capitalist economy
market economy
12. What is the "rule of law"?: Everyone must follow the law
Leaders must obey the law
Government must obey the law
No one is above the law
, 13. Name one branch or part of the government.*: congress
legislative
President
executive
the courts
judicial
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?: -
checks and balances
separation of powers
15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?: the President
16. Who makes federal laws?: Congress
Senate and House (of Representatives)
(U.S. or national) legislature
17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*: the Senate and House (of
Representatives)
18. How many U.S. Senators are there?: 100
19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?: 6
20. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?: 435
21. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?*: Marco Rubio
22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?: 2
23. Name your U.S. Representative.: Matt Gaetz
24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?: all people of the state
25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?: the
states population
have more people
some states have more people
26. We elect a President for how many years?: 4
27. In what month do we vote for President?*: November
28. What is the name of the President of theUnited States now?*: Joe Biden
29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?: Kamala
Harris
30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?: Vice
President
31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who