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SS.7.C.1.1 - Separation Of Powers

Test Description: Separation of Powers Basics

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) This branch is made up of the President and Vice-President

AExecutive BParliamentary CLegislative DJudicial

2) This branch is also known as the Congress

AJudicial BParliamentary CLegislative DExecutive

3) This branch has the power to make laws

ALegislative BJudicial CExecutive DParliamentary

4) This branch includes the federal courts

AParliamentary BJudicial CExecutive DLegislative

5) This branch enforces or carries out the laws

AParliamentary BJudicial CLegislative DExecutive

6) This branch is discussed in Article II of the Constitution

ALegislative BJudicial CExecutive DParliamentary

7) This branch has the power to review and intepret laws

ALegislative BParliamentary CExecutive DJudicial

8) This branch is discussed in Article III of the Constitution

AJudicial BExecutive CLegislative DParliamentary

9) This branch is discussed in Article I of the Constitution

AJudicial BLegislative CExecutive DParliamentary

10) This Enlightenment thinker influenced the Framers of the Constitution with the idea of the separation of powers

AThomas Paine BThomas Jefferson CJohn Locke DBaron de Montequieu

11) What is the purpose of the separation of powers

ATo establish the rule of law BTo insure that all people have the right to vote CTo limit the power of the national government by dividing it into three branches DTo divide power between the state and national governments

12) This is NOT one of the branches of the U.S. government

ALegislative BExecutive CJudicial DParliamentary

*select an answer for all questions

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