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Government Quiz

A

Question: What do we call the head of the USA government?
Answer: President

Question: What do you call the head of a state government?
Answer: Governor

Question: What do we call the head of a town government?
Answer: Mayor

Question: What is a piece of paper used in voting called?
Answer: Ballot

Question: If you choose something by marking a ballot you are?
Answer: voting

B

Question: What state do we live in?
Answer: New Jersey

Question: What are the people who live, work and play in the same community called?
Answer: citizens

Question: What is a place where people live, work and play called?
Answer: Community

Question: How many branches does our government have?
Answer: Three

Question: What is a contest called where you choose one person over another?
Answer: election

C

Question: What are things you must do or follow called?
Ex. Stop at a red light.

Answer: laws

Question: What is the name of our town?
Answer: Cedar Grove

Question: Who is the president of the USA?
Answer: President Barack Obama

Question: Who is the Governor of NJ?
Answer: Governor Chris Christie

Question: Who is the mayor of Cedar Grove?
Answer: Mayor Romeo E. Longo

D

Question: Where do members of congress work?
Answer: The Capital

Question: What are the guides for how people behaved called?
Answer: rules

Question: What is a group in charge of running a community called?
Answer: Government

Question: What branch of government makes sure the laws are fair?
Answer: Supreme Court

Question: What are a group of people who make our laws called?
Answer: Congress

E

Question: What are a group of people who help run our town called?
Answer: Town Council

Question: How many judges are on the Supreme Court?
Answer: nine

Question: What are the Tree Branches of Government and their jobs?
Answer: president: can serve 2 terms, each term 4 years, elected by people, signs laws, Commander in Chief of Armed Forces, can veto any bill congress makes.

Congress: makes laws, writes about 2,500 bills each year, works 8 months a year.

Supreme Court: 9 judges, never fired, makes sure laws are fair, appointed by president.


Question: What is our Nation's Capital?
Answer: Washington, DC

Question: How many terms can the president be president for?
Answer: two