USA: Political System

  1. What type of state is the USA? (3 answers!)
  2. What do you know about the present US head of state?
  3. What do you know about former US presidents?
  4. What elections are there in the middle between leap years?
  5. What 538 people actually elect the US president?
  6. Who is the leader of the Government?
  7. What is the government called in the USA?
  8. Where is the president’s home and office?
  9. How often can the president be re-elected?
  10. How long is the president’s term of office?
  11. What are the foreign ministry and the foreign minister called ?
  12. What is the building of the defense department in the USA called ?
  13. What is the parliament building called?
  14. What are the two chambers of Parliament called?
  15. What are the 435 members of the House of Representatives called?
  16. How many Senators are there? Why?
  17. What are the 2 main parties called?
  18. When do elections take place in the USA? How often?
  19. Who is the leader of the Senate and deputy president?
  20. What is the title of the head of each of the 50 states?
  21. What does the flag symbolize?
  22. What were the most important wars in and with the USA?
  23. What was the time called when the USA and the Soviet Union were bitter enemies?
  24. What national organisation is in charge of spying worldwide?
  25. What is the basic law of the USA?
  26. What institution is the highest court of appeal in the USA?
  27. What is the capital of the USA?

Answers:

1 Cold War 2 Pentagon 3 mid-term elections. 4 Secretary of State, State Department 5 13 founding colonies, 50 states (stars and stripes); 6 Capitol; 7 Federal state, republic, democracy 8 Congressman 9 4 years 10 Democrats, Republicans (GOP) 11 100, 2 for each state 12 Every two years on the first Tuesday in November 13 Administration 14 President 15 Independence War, Civil War, 2 World Wars, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq 16 Supreme Court 17 Constitution 18 White House 19 once 20 CIA 21House of Representatives, Senate 22 Governor 23 electoral college 24 Vice President. 24 Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)

USA: Political System

  1. What type of state is the USA? (3 answers!)
  2. What do you know about the present US head of state?
  3. What do you know about former US presidents?
  4. What elections are there in the middle between leap years?
  5. What 538 people actually elect the US president?
  6. Who is the leader of the Government?
  7. What is the government called in the USA?
  8. Where is the president’s home and office?
  9. How often can the president be re-elected?
  10. How long is the president’s term of office?
  11. What are the foreign ministry and the foreign minister called ?
  12. What is the building of the defense department in the USA called ?
  13. What is the parliament building called?
  14. What are the two chambers of Parliament called?
  15. What are the 435 members of the House of Representatives called?
  16. How many Senators are there? Why?
  17. What are the 2 main parties called?
  18. When do elections take place in the USA? How often?
  19. Who is the leader of the Senate and deputy president?
  20. What is the title of the head of each of the 50 states?
  21. What does the flag symbolize?
  22. What were the most important wars in and with the USA?
  23. What was the time called when the USA and the Soviet Union were bitter enemies?
  24. What national organisation is in charge of spying worldwide?
  25. What is the basic law of the USA?
  26. What institution is the highest court of appeal in the USA?
  27. What is the capital of the USA?

Answers:

1 Cold War 2 Pentagon 3 mid-term elections. 4 Secretary of State, State Department 5 13 founding colonies, 50 states (stars and stripes); 6 Capitol; 7 Federal state, republic, democracy 8 Congressman 9 4 years 10 Democrats, Republicans (GOP) 11 100, 2 for each state 12 Every two years on the first Tuesday in November 13 Administration 14 President 15 Independence War, Civil War, 2 World Wars, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq 16 Supreme Court 17 Constitution 18 White House 19 once 20 CIA 21House of Representatives, Senate 22 Governor 23 electoral college 24 Vice President. 24 Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)