Final Exam Performance Task

US Government

Final Exam Performance Task

Comparing your government’s constitution and structure with the United States

Directions: In Lessons 7-9, you learned about the three branches of the US Government,
specifically the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, Now, you will have the
opportunity to compare your government with that of the United States. See the Final Exam
study guide for more details.

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Sections Response

Part 1: Branches Our country’s government is divided between three sectors:

of Government Legislative, Judiciary and Executive. The federal branch of the
legislative is the congress, divided between the senate and the
Describe the
house of representatives. The judiciary is the supreme court, and
Branches of
government in your the executive is the president. They work similarly to the way it does
country in the United States.

Part 2: Similarities My government U.S. Government

(Roles, functions, and/or (Roles, functions, and/or
responsibilities) responsibilities)

Our legislative branch creates The US government works very

new laws and has the power to
impeach the president.
The judicial branch has the
power to oversee the
constitutional and can declare
laws unconstitutional.
The executive, or the president,
can pass or veto laws.
similarly to ours. The legislative
also creates laws and impeaches
presidents, the supreme court
can declare laws unconstitutional
and the president can veto laws
or pass them.

Part 3: My government U.S. Government

Differences (Roles, functions, and/or (Roles, functions, and/or
responsibilities) responsibilities)

The senate in Brazil has a specific
job for its leader, the President
of the Senate. The judges of the
supreme court have limited
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In the US, the senate is presided
by the Vice-President, Supreme
Justices have lifelong terms, the
president is elected by an
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terms, the president is directly electoral college and they remain

elected, and should they be in office during an impeachment
impeached, they are removed trial.
from office during the trial.

Part 4: Reflection I think that the fact that the president is not elected directly by the
people and that the supreme court holds office for life are the most
What was the most
surprising to me. I would probably change the way the president is
surprising thing that
you learned
elected because it looks like it would represent the people better.
throughout this
course regarding the
United States
government and
legal system? If you
could change one
thing, what would it
be?

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