Executive Branch of the Federal Government

Students review the executive branch of the federal government, reinforce vocabulary related to it, and take a practice quiz of Citizenship Test questions related to the executive branch.

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Civics (History and Government) Questions for the Naturalization Test
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In this experience, students review the executive branch of the federal government, reinforce vocabulary related to it, and take a practice quiz of Citizenship Test questions related to the executive branch.

Estimated duration: 30–45 minutes

In this experience, you will review material related to the executive branch of the federal government in preparation for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services test.

White House, Official Residence and Workplace of the U.S. President

Look at the following sentences that use the word execute:

The team executed the plan exactly as required for a successful mission.
The pianist perfectly executed the sonata at the performance.
There was a bug in the computer code so the system couldn’t execute the instructions.

Based on your prior knowledge and the sample sentences, write a definition for the word execute and a prediction of what the executive branch of the federal government does.

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If students are working through this in a class setting, ask for volunteers to define execute and offer their predictions of the role of the executive branch.

to execute: to put into complete effect; to fully carry out a plan
executive branch: enforces the law and governs the country

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