Name: ____________________________________

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Our Government Unit Test

Directions: Complete the following questions based off of the unit, Our
Government. If you have any questions during the test, raise your hand and the
teacher will come to you. When you are finished with the test, please sit at your
desk quietly and read.

Local Government:
1. Name one of a mayors responsibilities.

2. A mayor is a leader of what? _________________________________________

3. Name two things in a community that taxes pay for

1.

2.
4. True or False: Taxes are not placed on food that you buy. __________________

5. Do people in the Los Angeles, California pay taxes to the same people as
someone in West Chester, Pennsylvania does?

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6. What is a council and what do they do?

7. Give one reason for voting?

8. What is the first step in the process to vote?

A. Registration
B. Go to a voting booth
C. None of the above

9. In the city government, what does the city manager do?

A. Runs the city
B. Doesnt do anything
C. Makes the laws

10.Give the definition of mayor and explain what the mayor does.

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State Government:

1. The plan for the states government is also known as the ___________.

1. Capitol
2. Constitution
3. Governor
4. Taxes

b. True or False: ______________ The local government is another name for state
government.

a. True or False: _____ The governors main job is to carry out the state laws.

a. Which branch of state government makes sure the laws follow state
government?
a. Governor
b. Judges
c. Lawmakers
d. None of the above

a. What does it mean to veto new laws?

a. to create them
b. to encourage
c. to break them
d. to reject them

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b. True or False: _______________ While judges and juries may decide on

punishment when laws have been broken, they also settle many kinds of
disagreements among people.

c. Which branch of government write new state laws and rewrites old laws?
a. Lawmakers
b. Governor
c. Judges
d. All of the above

d. True or False: _________________ The local government provides services to

citizens.

e. In one to two sentences, how is a referee similar to a judge?

f.

What are the two ways judges are selected in state government?

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National Government: Three Branches of Government

1. Which of the follow is not a branch of National government?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Executive branch
Judicial branch
State branch
Legislative branch

2. True or False: _______________ The president is in charge of the judicial branch

of government.

3. What step comes after one member of the House of Representatives puts the
bill into the hopper?
a. The rest of the House of Representatives review the bill
b. The Senate votes on the bill.
c. The president decides to pass or veto
d. A citizen sends an idea to the House of Representatives.

4. What is bill?

5. Who can veto a bill?

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National Government: American Symbols:
Directions: For the following questions below, write your answers in the space
provided.

1. Why is learning about American symbols important?

2. What are two things that you learned about liberty (can relate to the symbols
learned!)

3. List an American symbol that you learned about and two facts to describe it.

4. Who is believed to sew the first American flag? What is one fact about
him/her?

5. How many stars/stripes are on the current American flag? What do they stand
for?

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Nations Work Together

Directions: Please write the correct letter that is located next to the right definition
in the blank space by the vocabulary word.

1. ____________ Ambassador

A. An organization that was

developed to promote
international cooperation.

2. ____________ Election
B. An agreement made between
nations.

3. _____________ Nelson Mandela

C. The former President of South
Africa.

4. _____________ Treaty

D. An organized process of
selecting members, usually of
the political body.

5. _____________ United Nations

E. A nations representative in
another country.

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