State Government

The Pennsylvania government allows for what process?

• direct initiative

• Constitution referendum

• recall

• indirect initiative

Federalism is a system whereby national government and state governments

• share all powers.

• divide all powers.

• share some powers and divide others.

• change powers from time to time.

The PA legislature is called what?

• Senate

• Congress

• House of Representatives

• General Assembly

An excise tax (also known as a "sin" tax) is a

• form of income tax.

• tax charged on exports.

• kind of sales tax.

• tax levied on all consumer goods.

Which of the following is a major responsibility of state governments?

• declaring war

• making treaties with other countries

• providing public education

• coining money

States raise most of their money from

• bonds.

• lotteries.

• categorical grants.

• taxes.

In a unitary system,

• most power is held by a central government

• power is shared equally by central and state governments.

• most power is held by state governments.

• power is alternated between central and state governments.

The power of recall is

• the ability to use evidence from past rulings to determine current issues.

• a process for removing elected officials from office.

• a procedure used by Congress to review a bill.

• the ability of the President to reconvene Congress.

Which power is shared by the national government and the state governments?

• the power to set up local governments

• the power to conduct elections

• the power to collect taxes

• the power to make treaties

The responsibilities of the state courts include all of the following EXCEPT

• act as a check on the state's legislative and executive branches.

• decide on the constitutionality of state laws.

• define the division of power between the state and federal governments.

• protect the rights and freedoms of each of their state's citizens.