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3. Answer the following questions:

1. What are the main branches of the government’s power?
2. How is the President of the USA elected?
3. What is the voting age in the USA?
4. How are the two main political parties called in the USA?
5. What is the function of the legislative branch?
6. What is the executive branch responsible for?
7. What does the judicial branch include?
8. What does the Congress consist of?
9. What affairs does the Congress manage?
10. What does the President administer?

4. Read and translate the text:

Facts in Brief:

 OFFICIAL NAME : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
 CAPITAL: WASHINGTON, DC (THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA)
 NATIONAL HOLIDAY: INDEPENDENCE DAY, July 4.
 LEGAL SYSTEM: BASED ON ENGLISH COMMON
LAW. DUAL SYSTEM OF COURTS, STATE AND
FEDERAL. CONSTITUTION ADOPTED I789. JUDICIAL
REVIEW OF LEGISLATIVE ACTS
 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT: EXECUTIVE
(PRESIDENT), LEGISLATIVE (HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES AND SENATE) AND JUDICIAL
(FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS, COURTS OF APPEAL
AND SUPREME COURT). IN PRINCIPLE, BRANCHES
ARE INDEPENDENT AND MAINTAIN BALANCE OF
POWER
 SUBDIVISIONS: 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO
RICO, THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS, GUAM, VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
AMERICAN SAMOA