Tuesday, December 19, 2006

How Well Do You Know America?

1. What do we call the first 10 amendment to the Constitution?
2. The House of Representative has how many voting members?
3. What Cabinet-level agency advises the President on foreign policy?
4. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court now?
5. What does it mean that the U.S Constitution is a constitution of limited powers?
6. What is the current minimum wage in the U.S?
7. What is 'inalienable rights'?
8. Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers.
9. What territory did the U.S bought from France in 1830?
10. What is the tallest mountain in the United States?



Answers:
1) The Bill of rights; 2) 435; 3) The State Department; 4) John Roberts; 5) The federal government only has powers that the constitution states that it has, or the state have all the powers that the federal government does not; 6) $5.15; 7) Rights that people are born with; 8) James Madison, Alexander Hamilton or John Jay; 9) Louisiana; 10) Mount Mckinley or Denali

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