Unit 1 Study Guide

3 Branches of Government

Executive

Legislative

Judicial

What are the Primary Functions of each branch?

What are the two Branches of Congress?

Which Branch is Congress in?

Which Branch is the President in?

Which Branch is the Supreme Court in?

Which branch can declare a law unconstitutional?

What is the only way to create a law once it is declared unconstitutional?

What are the names of the current people who fill these positions?

President of the United States

Vice President of the United States

Speaker of the House

Senate Majority Leader

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Types of Government

Direct Democracy

Republic

Authoritarian

Monarch

Dictatorship

Capitalism

Socialism

Communism

Anarchy

Revolutionary

Theocracy

Oligarchy

Civic Responsibilities, Duties, & Rights