SEMESTER EXAM REVIEW GAME 1. Serves for life Judicial 2. Article 1 Legislative 3.

The head of this branch acts as judge in the impeachment trial of a President Judicial 4. Can declare a law unconstitutional Judicial 5. President Pro Tempore Legislative 6. Minimum age to serve is 25 Legislative 7. Elected directly by the people Legislative 8. Can veto a bill Executive 9. The Supreme Court Judicial 10. Secretary of State Executive 11. Enforces law Executive 12. Has the power to declare war Legislative 13. Chief Justice Judicial 14. Impeachment process starts here Legislative 15. Bicameral Legislative 16. Makes law Legislative 17. One term equals 4 years Executive

18. Article 3 Judicial 19. Interprets law Judicial 20. Article 2 Executive 21. gerrymandering House of Representatives 22. 100 members Senate 23. Must be born a U.S. citizen President 24. 6 year term Senate 25. The lower house House of Representatives 26. Acts as jury in the impeachment trial of the President Senate 27. Must be at least 25 years old to serve House of Representatives 28. Official leader is the Speaker House of Representatives 29. 4 year term President 30. 435 members House of Representatives 31. filibuster Senate 32. Must be at least 35 years old to serve President 33. 2 year term House of Representatives 34. Has term limits President 35. Official leader is the Vice President Senate

36. Must be at least 30 years old to serve Senate 37. The upper house Senate 38. Set up the first system of government to run the United States Articles of Confederation 39. Came first Declaration of Independence 40. Took all states to amend Articles of Confederation 41. Established a federal form of government Constitution 42. Contained a list of charges against King George III which demonstrated how he violated the colonists' rights Declaration of Independence 43. Established a one branch government Articles of Confederation 44. Main writer was Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence 45. Established a firm league of friendship Articles of Confederation 46. Introduction is the Preamble Constitution 47. Established a three branch government Constitution 48. Established a bicameral legislature Constitution 49. Came third Constitution 50. Most of our laws, customs, practices, and institutions were influenced primarily by which country? Great Britain 51. How often does reapportionment of House seats occur? Every 10 years 52. What is a formal accusation of misconduct against a public official? impeachment

53. What are people in districts represented in Congress called? constituents 54. What is a voting district, the smallest geographic unit for the conduct of elections? precinct 55. What is voter registration meant to prevent? fraudulent voting 56. What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called? Bill of Rights 57. Which amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms? 2nd 58. Which amendment set 18 as the minimum voting age? 26th 59. Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote? 15th 60. Which amendment extended suffrage to women? 19th 60. Freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, to petition, and to assembly is which amendment? 1st 61. What two factions emerged out of the debate over ratification of the Constitution The Federalists & the Anti-Federalists 62. Who is in line of presidential succession after the President? Vice President 63. Who is in line of presidential succession after the Vice President? Speaker of the House 64. Who is in line of presidential succession after the Speaker of the House? President Pro Tempore 65. Who is in line of presidential succession after the President Pro Tempore? Secretary of State 66. What is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies? Government 67. What is a form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people? Democracy 68. What was the original intent of the Constitutional Convention? To revise the Articles of Confederation

69. What A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office? political party 70. What is the potential voting population? electorate 71. What is a means dividing a state into odd-shaped districts for strictly political reasons? gerrymandering 72. What is a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority? Dictatorship 73. What describes the structure or plan of the government and the rights of the American people? The Constitution Principle of the Constitution 74. The 1st Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Limited Government 75. We The People Popular Sovereignty 76. The national government has the power to declare war, state governments have the power to conduct elections, they both have the power to collect taxes Federalism 77. The power to declare a government action unconstitutional Judicial Review 78. Best expressed through elections Popular Sovereignty 79. The government is not above the law Limited Government 80. Power to govern is shared between the national government and the states Federalism 81. People are the source of government power Popular Sovereignty

TYPES OF POWERS

82. the power to establish schools - reserved powers 83. the Elastic Clause - implied powers 84. those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out (written) in the Constitution - expressed powers 85. the power to establish courts concurrent powers 86. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the states reserved powers 87. the power to coin money expressed powers 88. those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution implied powers 89. the power to maintain an army expressed powers 90. the Necessary and Proper Clause implied powers 91. the power to regulate marriage reserved powers 92. those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise concurrent powers CHECKS & BALANCES 93. How can the Judicial Branch check the power of the Legislative Branch? Declaring laws unconstitutional 94. How can the Executive Branch check the power of the Legislative Branch? Vetoing legislation 95. How can the Legislative Branch check the power of the Executive Branch? Overriding a veto 96. How can the Legislative Branch check the power of the Judicial Branch? Creating inferior courts 97. How can the Executive Branch check the power of the Judicial Branch? Nominating justices