PRE-TEST for US GOVERNMENT

Please complete as many of the following questions as you can. You will be asked to answer these questions (and perhaps others) by your teacher when you have completed the class. This should help you focus on what you NEED to learn from this class so you can participate in our government.

_____________________ 1. Name the document that governs the USA.

_____________________ 2. Name the document that separated the colonies from the control of the King of England.

_____________________ 3. Name America's form of government.

_____________________ 4. Name the first branch of the federal gov't. Describe their basic job:

_____________________ 5. Name the second branch of the federal gov't. Describe their basic job:

_____________________ 6. Name the third branch of the federal gov't. Describe their basic job:

_____________________ 7. What do we call the first ten amendments?

8. What is a constituent and how do you become one?

 

9. List three differences betwee the House of Representatives and the Senate.

 

10. What is the Electoral College?

 

11. Name the five freedoms established in the First Amendment.

 

12. Which branch of the federal gov't is most powerful? Explain why you think so.

 

13. Which amendment is the most important? Explain why you think so.

 

14. What year is the next Presidential Election?

 

15. Write a brief statement summarizing what you know about the two major political parties: the Republicans and the Democrats.

 

16.As part of this class you will either need to register to vote, or explain how to do so once you are old enough. GET ON IT!

 

17. Write at least 5 questions you have about how the federal gov't works - or other gov't questions you have wondered about...