Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Government Study Guide

This is the study guide for the Government test on Tuesday. Students are more than welcome to take notes in their history notebook on anything they are not sure of!

1. Name 5 different forms of government and explain each one. (ex. Democracy...)
2. What documents were essential to the forming of the United States?
3. Who was Thomas Pain, what did he write, and why was it important?
4. Who were the framers and what did they do?
5. Explain how the Constitution came to be and what it covers.
6. Name the parts of the Constitution.
8. How is the US government set up?
9. Name the three branches and tell what each does. What are the responsibilities of each branch?
10. Name the head of each branch.
11. Map how an idea becomes a law.
12. Identify the departments in the presidential cabinet and what they are in charge of.
13. How many levels of federal courts are there? What does each do?
14. How are Senators and Representatives chosen? How many of each are there?

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