Presentations:

1. The White House

2. Executive Department of Education in the USA

Check yourself

1. What kind of state is the United States of America?

2. What are the three branches of the U.S. government?

3. How is the legislative branch called in America?

4. What chambers does it consist of?

5. What is the main function of the Congress?

6. What cannot the Congress do?

7. How often does the Congress meet?

8. Where does it meet for its sessions?

9. For what term are Senators elected?

10. How many representatives can any state have in the Congress?

11. How old must be an American to be elected to the Senate or the House of Represen­tatives?

12. How many permanent committees are there in the Senate and in the House of Representatives?

13. Who does the Executive branch include?

14. How many executive departments are there in the Cabinet?

15. What is the most important executive department?

16. Who appoints or elects the heads of the executive departments?

17. Who are Secretaries of the executive departments?

18. What agencies are there in the executive branch? Name some of them.

19. What qualifications should a person have to be elected the President of the U.S.?

20. How often is the President elected?

21. What are the functions of the President?

22. What kind of court system is there in the United States of America?

23. What is the federal judiciary made up?

24. What is the highest judicial branch in the U.S.A.?

25. Where does it meet?

26. What are the members of the Supreme Court?

27. Are they elected?

28. How long do they serve?

29. What is the main duty of the Supreme Court justices?

30. What are the functions of Federal courts?

31. What are Courts of Appeals?

Test № 3

1. What body is the legislative branch of the government represented by?

1. the Parliament;

2. the Congress;

3. the Court.

2. Which two parts does the Congress consist of ?

1. The Senate and the house of Representatives;

2. The Senate and the Supreme Court;

3. The Executive Department and Independent Agencies.

3. The main function of the Congress is:

1. To administer the laws

2. To make laws

3. To interpret the laws

4. .… makes rules for trade with foreign countries and between states.

1. The Congress

2. The Government

3. The Supreme Court

5. Who organizes the armed forces in the USA?

1. The President

2. The Congress

3. Department of Defense

6. What cannot the Congress do?

1. Make laws about trade

2. Establish U.S. post office

3. Give title of nobility

7. Senators are elected for a term of … years:

1. 4

2. 5

3. 6.

8. How many permanent committees are there in the Senate?

1. 16;

2. 17;

3. 18.

9. How many executive departments are there in the Cabinet?

1. 13;

2. 14;

3. 15.

10.  What are the functions of the executive branch?

1. to execute the laws

2. to make laws

3. to print money

11.  The President of the USA is elected every four years to a four-year term of office with no more than … full terms allowed:

1. 1;

2. 2;

3. 3

12.  The President of the USA must be a native-born citizen at least 35 years old and live in the USA for not less than … years:

1. 10;

2. 14;

3. 15.

13.  All the Secretaries of the executive departments make up:

1. the Cabinet;

2. the Congress;

3. the Government.

14.  The Heads of the executive departments are appointed by:

1. the Congress;

2. the Government;

3. the President

15.  Why are the agencies in the executive branch called independent?

1. they have their own laws and rules;

2. they are not part of any executive department;

3. they are not established by law.

16.  The Department of … is responsible for foreign policy.

1. State;

2. Defense;

3. Commerce

17.  President Barack Obama is known to belong to the … Party.

1. Republican;

2. Democratic;

3. Big business.

18.  What is the highest judicial organization of the USA?

1. Court of Appeal;

2. Supreme Court;

3. Court of Claims.

19.  The Supreme Court meets in the:

1. Supreme Court Building

2. the Capital

3. the White House

20.  The Supreme Court is made up of the Chief Justice and … associate justices.

1. 7;

2. 8;

3. 9.

21.  How long do the numbers of the Supreme Court Serve?

1. 4 years;

2. 6 years;

3. all the life.

22.  What is the main duty of the Supreme Court justices?

1. to decide the constitutionality of the laws;

2. to make laws

3. to impeach officials

23.  The members of the Supreme Court are:

1. elected by the citizens

2. appointed by the President

3. appointed by the Chief Justice

24.  Immediately below the Supreme Court stand:

1. the district courts

2. the major courts

3. the courts of appeals

25.  The decisions of the appeals courts are reviewed by:

1. the Supreme Court

2. the Federal Court

3. the Court of Claims

26.  When the Supreme Court hears a case it is decided by:

1. the Chief Justice

2. the majority vote of the justicies

3. the President

27.  By … the one-party Revolutionary Government of the USA quickly split into a two-party system.

1. 1787

2. 1789

3. 1800.

28.  What is the emblem of the Democratic Party of the USA?

1. donkey;

2. elephant;

3. eagle

29.  Ten amendment to the Constitution, adopted by the Congress, are known as…

1. Freedom of Speech

2. Protection of Property

3. Bill of Rights

30.  The American flag represents freedom and … in the USA.

1. democracy

2. independence

3. justice