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Question 1
Name the 3 Constitutional requirements to be President.
(35, 14 year residency, and a natural born citizen)
Question 2
What federal courts have only appellate jurisdiction?
(The Courts of Appeals)
Question 3
What is a precedent? (A case others are
based upon; a model)
Question 4
• How many seats are there in the House of Representatives?
• 435
Question 5
How do federal judges and justices get their jobs?
(Appointed by the President, approved
by the Senate)
Question 6
How many electoral votes does it take to become President?
(270)
Question 7
What article of the Constitution established the judicial branch?
(3)
Question 8
Define judicial review.
(When the courts declare laws and actions unconstitutional)
Question 9
What is each of the heads of the executive departments called?
(Secretaries)
Question 10
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
(9)
Question 11
How long do federal judges serve?
(For life)
Question 12
What is the only court established by the Constitution?
(U.S. Supreme Court)
Question 13
What is a formal accusation of wrongdoing called?
(Impeachment)
Question 14What are 3 of the 4 ways a federal judge or justice can lose their job?(Die, Retire, Resign or
Be Impeached)
Question 15
What is original jurisdiction?
(The authority to hear a case first)
Question 16
What is the President’s annual speech to Congress called?
(The State of the Union Address)
Question 17
What is the leader of the lower house of Congress called?
(Speaker of the House)
Question 18
What is a civil case? (Case that involves a dispute between two
or more parties)
Question 19
• In which Congressional District is Currituck County located?
• The 3rd
Question 20
What is a criminal case?
(Case where laws have been broken)
Question 21
During what war were Japanese citizens forced into internment camps?
(World War II)
Question 22
How can Congress check judicial review?
(Begin a Constitutional Amendment or change the
law)
Question 23
What branch was established by Article 2 of the Constitution?
(The Executive Branch)
Question 24
What is the function of the legislative branch?
(Make laws)
Question 25
What federal courts have original jurisdiction over most cases?
(Federal District Courts)
Question 26What case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?
(Brown v. Topeka BOE)
Question 27
• In which house must all tax or appropriation bills begin?
• The House of Representatives
Question 28
How many electoral votes does N.C. have?
(15)
Question 29
What case established that students do not shed rights at school?
(Tinker v. Des Moines)
Question 30
What Article of the Constitution established the legislative branch?
(Article I)
Question 31
Which house has the power to approve the President’s treaties & appointments?(The Senate)
Question 32
What branch sets the number of justices on the Supreme Court and their salaries?
(Congress or legislative branch)
Question 33What case established
the right to an attorney?
(Gideon v. Wainwright)
Question 34
What is the function of the judicial branch?(They interpret the
laws)
Question 35What case established
the reading of your rights?
(Miranda v. Arizona)
Question 36
What word means that the President refuses to sign a bill into law?
(Veto)
Question 37
What is the function of the executive branch?
(Enforces laws)
Question 38
What case established judicial review?
(Marbury v. Madison)
Question 39
Who guards the President and his family for life?
(The Secret Service)
Question 40What can Congress do if a President vetoes a law?
(Override it with a 2/3 vote)
Question 41
What state’s ballots were disputed in the case Bush v. Gore?
(Florida’s ballots)
Question 42
Where is the nearest federal courthouse?(Elizabeth City)