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Third Grade (Grade 3) US Government Questions

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Grade 3 Legislative Branch
The legislative branch is made up of 2 parts. Circle both answers.
  1. House of Representatives
  2. Presidential office
  3. Senate
  4. Supreme court
Grade 3 Executive Branch
What is the main job of the executive branch?
  1. To carry out the laws.
  2. To make sure the laws agree with the Constitution.
  3. To make the laws.
  4. To meet with foreign leaders.
Grade 3 Executive Branch
Who is the leader of the country's executive branch?
  1. Mayor
  2. President
  3. Governor
Grade 3 Legislative Branch
What is the job of the legislative branch?
  1. this branch can get rid of or veto laws
  2. this branch carries out the laws
  3. this branch makes the nation's laws
  4. this branch decides what laws mean and if they obey the constitution
Grade 3 US Laws and Amendments
A community's rules are called               
  1. leaders
  2. laws
  3. votes
  4. choices
Grade 3 Executive Branch
How old must the President be and where must he be born?
  1. 30 & USA
  2. 40 & Germany
  3. 35 & England
  4. 35 & USA
Grade 3 Executive Branch
What is the job of the executive branch?
  1. this branch can approve of or veto laws and makes sure the laws are carried out
  2. this branch makes sure the laws agree with the constitution
  3. this branch makes the laws
Grade 3 US Government
What is a constitution?
  1. a law
  2. rules people to follow
  3. a plan of government
Grade 3 Legislative Branch
What are the two parts of the of legislative branch (or congress)? (choose two)
  1. The House of Representatives
  2. Judges
  3. Sheriffs
  4. The Senate
Grade 3 US Government
What is a government?
  1. a person who runs a large business in a city
  2. a team of people who are members of a neighborhood
  3. a group of people who lead a community, a state or a country
Grade 3 Judicial Branch
The                   branch explains what the laws mean.
  1. Legislative Branch
  2. Executive Branch
  3. Judicial Branch
Grade 3 US Government
Our Nation's capital is                      Washington D.C.                     .
Grade 3 Executive Branch
How many years does the United States President serve in one term of office?
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
Grade 3 Executive Branch
Who are the special group of people that protect the President?
  1. Secret Group
  2. Secret Men
  3. Secret Service
  4. Secret Guys
Grade 3 US Laws and Amendments
If the president vetoes, a bill it can never become law.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 3 US Government
How many branches are part of the U.S. Armed Forces?
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
Grade 3 Judicial Branch
Who leads the judicial branch?                    The Supreme Court                    
Grade 3 Executive Branch
The leader of a state's government.
  1. mayor
  2. president
  3. governor
Grade 3 Legislative Branch
This branch or department of the government makes the laws
  1. executive
  2. judicial
  3. legislative
Grade 3 US Government
What is a CITIZEN?
  1. a person that is in a new country
  2. a person who is born in a country or who has earned the right to become a member of that country by law
  3. a person that travels very far
  4. a person from a foreign country
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