Executive Branch Review

Team Trivia

Extra Credit

Winning Team: 3 Points

Runner-up: 2 Points

3rd Place: 1 Point

Teams• Team 1: Miguel, Mike B., Kurt, Geoff• Team 2: Alex, Jesse O., Matt, Kayla• Team 3: Natalie S., Bryan, Zach, Mike C.• Team 4: Marcus, Tash, Jeff, Catherine• Team 5: Dani, Phuong, Charlie, Carly S.• Team 6: Carly M, Jesse D., Natalie E.• Team 7: Abby, Brendan, Jackie

Teams• Team 1: Gabby, John, Ben

• Team 2: Dan, Cody, Eliza

• Team 3: Matt, Andrew, Kaitlyn

• Team 4: Jackson, Brad, Jenn

Round One: General Trivia

1. The highest-ranking officers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force who advise the president on military matters are known as what?

2. What is the presidential salary?3. What vote is required to override a

presidential veto?4. How many departments do we have within

the executive branch?5. Who appoints heads of regulatory

commissions?

Round Two: Vocab1. Presidential power to reduce a person’s

sentence2. Presidential action forgiving a person

convicted of a crime3. Art of dealing with foreign nations4. Nation’s plan for dealing with other nations

of the world5. Highest ranking government officials

representing the US abroad

Round Three: General Trivia1. What commission protects Americans when

they invest in stocks and bonds?2. What department would help an individual

trying to help the homeless find places to live?

3. What department issues visas and passports?4. What department oversees foreign policy?5. What department enforces immigration

laws?

Round Four: Vocab1. Term for the order in which the office of the

president gets filled if it becomes vacant2. Official residence of an ambassador3. Formal document allowing people from

foreign nations to come to the US4. Written agreements between nations5. Government official working to develop trade

and help commercial interests in foreign nations

Round Five: General Trivia1. Which department controls FEMA, which

deals with natural disasters within the US?2. What is the name for the leader of the

Department of Justice?3. What regulatory commission will investigate

election laws?4. Who appoints federal judges?5. What is the name of the president’s home?

Round Six: Vocab1. Televised speech in which the president will lay out

programs he would like to see enacted2. Presidential power that postpones carrying out a

person’s sentence3. Groups that perform specialized jobs not covered by

other parts of the executive branch, such as NASA4. Agencies, departments, and people that make up the

executive branch of government (roughly 3 million people)

5. Special type of independent agency that can bring violators to court

Round Seven: General Trivia1. The qualifications for becoming president are

set forth by ___________.2. What is the name of the president’s airplane?3. What is the name of the president’s

helicopter?4. Who is the current vice president?5. Who is the current Secretary of Defense?

Round Eight: General Trivia1. Who is the current Secretary of State?2. Who is the current Secretary of the Treasury?3. What department would handle relief efforts

for a Chinese mudslide?4. How long is a presidential term?5. What are the three qualifications for

becoming president?

Bonus RoundThe presidential line of succession

Name the first five people to become president in the presidential line of succession.