3 Branches of Government Final Exam
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What are natural rights? - Answer Rights that you are born with.
What are John Locke's natural rights? - Answer Life, Liberty, and Property
What are checks and balances? - Answer A system of approvals by different branches of govt.
that prevents any one branch or elected official from making laws or rules without approval of
the others.
Montesquieu was fearful that who had all the power? - Answer A tyrannical king
What does Montesquieu's ideal government system look like? - Answer Three Branches to
separate the powers.
Article I of the United States Constitution is about...? - Answer The Legislative Branch
Article II of the United States Constitution is about ...? - Answer The Executive Branch
Article III of the United States Constitution is about ...? - Answer The Judicial Branch
What checks does the legislative branch have on the executive branch? - Answer 1. May
override presidential vetoes with a two-thirds vote
2. Has the power over the purse strings to actually fund any executive actions
3. May remove the president through impeachment
4. Senate approves treaties
5. Senate approves presidential appointments
What checks does the executive branch have on the legislative branch? - Answer 1. Veto
power
, What checks does the legislative branch have on the judicial branch? - Answer 1. Creates
lower courts
2. May remove judges through impeachment
3. Senate approves appointments of judges
What checks does the executive branch have on the judicial branch? - Answer 1. President
appoints Supreme Court and other federal judges
What checks does the judicial branch have on the legislative branch? - Answer 1. Courts can
judge legislative acts and laws to be unconstitutional.
What checks does the judicial branch have on the executive branch? - Answer 1. Judges, once
appointed for life, are free from controls from the executive branch
2. Courts can judge executive actions to be unconstitutional through the power of judicial
review
act - Answer legislation which has passed both houses of Congress in identical form, been
signed into law by the president, or passed over his veto, therefore becoming law
appointment - Answer job or duty that is given to a person
appointment confirmation - Answer the process of the Senate approving the president's
choices for certain positions within the government
bicameral - Answer having two chambers (e.g. the two houses of Congress, the Senate and the
House of Representatives)
bill - Answer an idea being suggested to become a law
Cabinet - Answer persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of
government and act as official advisers
Chief Justice - Answer the head justice, the Chief Justice is "first among equals"
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions 2025 Updated.
What are natural rights? - Answer Rights that you are born with.
What are John Locke's natural rights? - Answer Life, Liberty, and Property
What are checks and balances? - Answer A system of approvals by different branches of govt.
that prevents any one branch or elected official from making laws or rules without approval of
the others.
Montesquieu was fearful that who had all the power? - Answer A tyrannical king
What does Montesquieu's ideal government system look like? - Answer Three Branches to
separate the powers.
Article I of the United States Constitution is about...? - Answer The Legislative Branch
Article II of the United States Constitution is about ...? - Answer The Executive Branch
Article III of the United States Constitution is about ...? - Answer The Judicial Branch
What checks does the legislative branch have on the executive branch? - Answer 1. May
override presidential vetoes with a two-thirds vote
2. Has the power over the purse strings to actually fund any executive actions
3. May remove the president through impeachment
4. Senate approves treaties
5. Senate approves presidential appointments
What checks does the executive branch have on the legislative branch? - Answer 1. Veto
power
, What checks does the legislative branch have on the judicial branch? - Answer 1. Creates
lower courts
2. May remove judges through impeachment
3. Senate approves appointments of judges
What checks does the executive branch have on the judicial branch? - Answer 1. President
appoints Supreme Court and other federal judges
What checks does the judicial branch have on the legislative branch? - Answer 1. Courts can
judge legislative acts and laws to be unconstitutional.
What checks does the judicial branch have on the executive branch? - Answer 1. Judges, once
appointed for life, are free from controls from the executive branch
2. Courts can judge executive actions to be unconstitutional through the power of judicial
review
act - Answer legislation which has passed both houses of Congress in identical form, been
signed into law by the president, or passed over his veto, therefore becoming law
appointment - Answer job or duty that is given to a person
appointment confirmation - Answer the process of the Senate approving the president's
choices for certain positions within the government
bicameral - Answer having two chambers (e.g. the two houses of Congress, the Senate and the
House of Representatives)
bill - Answer an idea being suggested to become a law
Cabinet - Answer persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of
government and act as official advisers
Chief Justice - Answer the head justice, the Chief Justice is "first among equals"
