AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
5.4 QUIZ
NAME _________________
DATE _________________
DIRECTIONS: Match the definitions to the correct vocabulary terms by placing the letter on the line next to each
term.
1. ____ Electoral college
A. official vote for president & vice president by electors in each state
2. ____ Executive order
B. individual heads of gov’t departments who advise the president
3. ____ Regulatory agencies
C. part of government that makes decisions about a general topic
4. ____ Cabinet
D. head of STATE executive branch
5. ____ President
E. head of NATIONAL executive branch
6. ____ Governor
F. a rule issued by the president that has the force of a law
7. ____ Departments
G. body of electors chosen to elect the President and Vice President
8. ____ Secretary
H. organizations that help departments; focus on one key issue
9. ____ Primary
I. election to choose a political party’s candidate for elected office
10. ____ Popular vote
J. total votes that a candidate for President gets from the citizens
11. ____ Electoral vote
K. group of Secretaries, that serve as the President’s advisors
Roles of the President of the United States:
- Commander in Chief
- Chief Diplomat
- Chief of State
- Chief Executive
- Party Leader
- Legislative leader
- Leader with some Judicial Power
Rules: Read each of the scenarios and identify
which of the seven roles above the President is
portraying. Use each of the roles only once.
4. President Obama met with Prime Minister
Brown of the United Kingdom in order to discuss
economic treaties between the two nations.
ROLE: _______________________________
1. In 2010, President Obama will go on the campaign trail 5. President Obama recommended to Congress
again and give speeches at fundraisers for other that they create an economic stimulus bill that
Democrats who are running for office.
contains help for first time home buyers, or else he
would be likely to veto it.
ROLE: _______________________________
ROLE: _______________________________
2. The President hosted a gathering for visiting heads of 6. The President Ford pardoned former President
state, at which he lit the national Christmas tree.
Nixon of any wrong-doing in association with the
Watergate scandal, in which Nixon was accused of
ROLE: _______________________________
conspiracy and bribery.
ROLE: _______________________________
3.
The President Bush ordered another deployment of 7. One of President Obama’s first actions in office
troops into Iraq in order to try to secure Baghdad.
was to issue and executive order which closed the
Guantanamo Bay detention center and outlawed
ROLE: _______________________________
“enhanced interrogation techniques”
ROLE: _______________________________