review tool for the executive branch

1. Civics
&
Econ
JEOPARDY

2. The Executive
Branch
Departments
Agencies
Independent Agencies
100 200 300 400 500
100 200 300 400 500
100 200 300 400 500
EOP
100 200 300 400 500
Defense & Security
100 200 300 400 500
Potpourri
100 200 300 400 500
F. J.

3. What is the State
Department?
Handles relations with
other nations

4. What is the
President’s Cabinet?
All the department
chairs gathered
together

5. What is the
Department of
Agriculture?
Responsible for food
safety

6. What is the
Defense
Department?
Has its headquarters in
the Pentagon

7. What is the Department of
Homeland Security?
Since 2002, coordinates
efforts to protect the nation
from terrorist attack

8. What is the CIA?
Provides the NSC with
information about other
nations’ abilities and
intents

9. What are regulatory
commissions?
Control actions of
businesses to prevent
harm or protect rights

10. What is the Federal
Aviation
Administration?
In the Department of
Transportation, responsible
for aircraft safety and travel

11. Daily
Double

12. What is the Federal
Bureau of Investigation?
In the Department of
Justice, responsible for
federal law enforcement
and investigation

13. What is the Internal
Revenue Service?
Collects the nation’s
taxes

14. What is the
Environmental
Protection Agency?
Enforces environmental
policy

15. What is the Federal
Communications
Commission?
Oversees the nation’s
TV and radio
broadcasts and conduct

16. What is the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Oversaw the launch of the
[NASA]?
New Horizons space probe,
scheduled to reach Pluto in
2015

17. What are executive
agencies?
These agencies are
responsible to enforce
government laws and
regulations

18. What is the Federal
Reserve [the Fed]?
Controls the nation’s
money supply

19. What is the White House
Office?
Office in the EOP that
includes the President’s
closest advisors and
assistants

20. Who is the press
secretary?
Serves as the President’s
spokesperson to the media

21. Who is the White
House Chief of Staff?
Usually the most important and
influential member of the
President’s staff

22. What is the National
Security Council?
Advises the President in
matters of urgent need,
often requiring some
military action

23. What is the Office of
Management and Budget
[OMB]?
Prepares the national
budget and oversees its
implementation

24. Who is the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
The highest ranking
officer in the U.S. military

25. What is the United
States Air Force?
Branch of the military
responsible for the
nation’s land-based
ICBMs

26. Who is the National
Security Advisor [NSA]?
The President’s closest
advisor on matters of
national security

27. What is 60 days?
The amount of time the
President has to remove
troops from combat if
Congress does not approve of
the action

28. What is the threat of a
military takeover [coup]?
The main reason the
Commander-in-Chief, Sec. of
Defense and military branch
secretaries are civilians

29. Who is the White House
Council?
The President’s lawyer

30. Daily
Double

31. What is isolationism?
American foreign policy
prior to World War II

32. Who is the Attorney
General?
The only department head
not called a secretary

33. What are the
independent
agencies?
Conduct most of the work
of the Executive Branch

34. What is an
ambassador?
Appointed by the
President to represent the
United States in another
country

36. FINAL
JEOPARDY

37. CATEGORY
Independent
Agencies

38. Oversees and
regulates trading on
the stock exchange

39. What is the Securities
and Exchange
Commission [SEC]?