Middle school · Government & civics
This quiz helps revise “How the US government works: branches and the Bill of Rights” in Government & civics for middle school. It has 25 questions in five categories: Sharing Power, Inside Congress, President and Courts, Everyday Freedoms, Legal Protections. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which branch of the United States government makes federal laws?
Which branch, led by the president, carries out federal laws?
Which branch interprets federal…
In the gameA president's nominee to…
In the gameWhat is the system…
In the gameWhich chamber of Congress gives every state equal representation, regardless of its size?
How many years does one full term in the House of Representatives last?
What count, updated by…
In the gameIn 1868, the House…
In the gameWhat fraction of the…
In the gameWhat is the highest court in the United States?
How many years does one full term as president of the United States last?
What is the president's…
In the gameWhat is the advisory…
In the gameChief Justice John Marshall…
In the gameWhich First Amendment freedom protects people who criticize government policies aloud?
Which First Amendment freedom protects a person's choice to follow a faith or have no faith?
A newspaper publishes criticism…
In the gameWhich First Amendment freedom…
In the gameWhich First Amendment right…
In the gameHow many amendments make up the United States Bill of Rights?
The Sixth Amendment gives an accused person the right to help from what kind of legal professional?
Which amendment protects people…
In the gameWhat Fifth Amendment protection…
In the gameWhich amendment recognizes that…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.