Government Jeopardy

Government Jeopardy How A Bill Becomes a Law Branches of Government Grab Bag Government Who? Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law • This is who writes a bill

$100 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law Who is a legislator?

$200 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law • For an idea to become law, a state legislator must write this

$200 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law What is a bill?

$300 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law This is the last step before a bill becomes a law

$300 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law What is the Governor/president signs the bill?

$400 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law • The Legislative Branch can approve a bill and override the President/Governor’s veto if they have this fraction of a majority vote.

$400 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law What is 2/3?

$500 Question – How A Bill Becomes A Law • This is the written statement of a plan for a state governmnet

$500 Answer – How A Bill Becomes A Law What is a State Constitution?

$100 Question – Who? • The Executive Branch, in a local government

$100 Answer – Who? Who is the Mayor? (Or County Executive/Township Supervisor)

$200 Question – Who? • The Legislative Branch in the Federal Government

$200 Answer – Who Who is the U.S. Congress?

$300 Question – Who • The Judicial Branch in the State level of governmnet

$300 Answer – Who? Who is the State Supreme Court?

$400 Question – Who? Michigan’s Governor

$400 Answer – Who? Who is Rick Snyder?

$500 Question – Who? • The commander –in-chief of the US Military

$500 Answer – Who? What is the President of the United States (Obama)?

$100 Question – Government The three levels of Government in the United States

$100 Answer – Government What are the Federal, State, and Local levels?

$200 Question – Government • The system set up in the U.S. Constitution to allow each branch of government ways to limit the power of the other branches of government

$200 Answer – Government What is the system of checks and balances?

$300 Question – Government • A type of government in which people choose leaders to act for them

$300 Answer – Government What is a republic?

$400 Question – Government • This means ‘rule by the people’

$400 Answer – Government What is democracy?

$500 Question – Government Citizens have many rights. This right is the right of the people to give legislators ideas for new laws.??

$500 Answer – Government Citizens have many rights. This right is the right of the people to give legislators ideas for new laws.??

$100 Question – Branches Enforces the laws

$100 Answer – Branches What is the Executive Branch?

$200 Question – Branches Makes the laws

$200 Answer – Branches What is the Legislative Branch?

$300 Question – Branches • Makes sure the people are treated fairly.

$300 Answer – Branches What is the Judicial Branch?

$400 Question - Branches • Has the power to impeach a president/governor

$400 Answer – Branches What is the Legislative Branch?

$500 Question – Branches • Nominates Justices to the Supreme Court

$500 Answer – Branches What is the Executive Branch?

$100 Question – Grab Bag The age you must be to vote in an election.

$100 Answer – Grab Bag What is 18 years old?

$200 Question – Grab Bag • Where this bill originated: • H.5155.

$200 Answer – Grab Bag What is the House of Representatives?

$300 Question – Grab Bag This branch of government protects individual’s rights and punishes the guilty

$300 Answer – Grab Bag What is the Judicial Branch?

$400 Question – Grab Bag • Local government can contain any if these three types of government.

$400 Answer – Grab Bag What is City, Town, and County?

$500 Question – Grab Bag • How we chose our leaders.

Government Jeopardy