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ANSWER – Electoral College 100

These people are the ones who actually elect the President

and Vice President. They are members of the electoral

college.

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Who are electors?

ANSWER – Electoral College 200

The combination of the number of Senators and members of

this part of Congress determine the number of

electors for a state.

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What is the House of Representatives?

ANSWER – Electoral College 300

In order to win the election, a candidate needs this portion

of the electoral votes.

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What is a majority?

ANSWER – Electoral College 400

If the candidate wins this, they usually also win the electoral vote.

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What is the popular vote?

ANSWER – Electoral College 500

This is the total number of electoral votes available.

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What is 538?

ANSWER – Executive 100

This is the name given to the head of the Executive Branch.

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What is the President?

ANSWER – Executive 200

This is the age required to become President of the

United States.

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What is 35 years old?

ANSWER – Executive 300

The President has this check on the Legislative Branch.

QUESTION

What is vetoing bills?

ANSWER – Executive 400

These are two of the things Presidents can do as

diplomats. This means interacting with other nations.

QUESTION

What is appointing ambassadors and making

treaties?

ANSWER – Executive 500

The President has this type of military power.

QUESTION

What is commander in chief?

ANSWER – Legislative 100

This is the word used when talking about the Legislative Branch of the United States.

QUESTION

What is Congress?

ANSWER – Legislative 200

The two houses of Congress are The House of

Representatives and this.

QUESTION

What is the Senate?

ANSWER – Legislative 300

In order to hold a seat as a Representative in the House, a person must be at citizen for at least this many years.

QUESTION

What is 7 years?

ANSWER – Legislative 400

Members of Congress are elected by this group.

QUESTION

What are citizens of the United States?

ANSWER – Legislative 500

Membership in the Senate is equal for every state.

Membership in the House of Representatives is based on

this.

QUESTION

What is population?

ANSWER – Judicial 100

This is the name for the highest court in the United

States.

QUESTION

What is the Supreme Court?

ANSWER – Judicial 200

This is the name for members of the Supreme Court.

QUESTION

What are Justices?

ANSWER – Judicial 300

The President makes appointments to the Supreme Court. These appointments must be approved by this

group.

QUESTION

What is the Senate?

ANSWER – Judicial 400

Decisions made by the Supreme Court are known as

this.

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What are opinions?

ANSWER – Judicial 500

When the losing side of a case gets the case retried it is

known as this.

QUESTION

What is an appeal?

ANSWER – Convention 100

The Constitutional Convention took place in this city.

QUESTION

What is Philadelphia?

ANSWER – Convention 200

This man was elected President of the

Constitutional Convention.

QUESTION

Who was George Washington?

ANSWER – Convention 300

The plan that led to a two house government system in the United States was called

this.

QUESTION

What was the Great Compromise?

ANSWER – Convention 400

This compromise involved slavery and representation.

Each slave was to be counted for 3/5 of a person.

QUESTION

What is the 3/5 Compromise?

ANSWER – Convention 500

This phrase begins the famous document that was composed

at the Constitutional Convention.

QUESTION

What is “We the people in order to form a more perfect

Union…”?

Double Jeopardy

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Final Jeopardy

Category:

Government Systems

Answer – Final Jeopardy

This is a government system where members of the government are elected as representatives of the

people.

Question

What is a democracy?