The Government of Michigan

Building and fixing roads is an example of the state government...

• providing services

• making laws

• protecting individual rights

What is the BEST definition of "common good?"

• People work only with people that have something in common.

• People and the government work together for the benefit of everyone.

• People work on their own to help their family and

  friends.

How does the state government keeps the citizens SAFE?

• It builds schools and libraries.

• It takes care of state parks.

• It provides a state police force.

In a representative government, people ____________________.

• write laws and rules by themselves.

• have meetings to make laws and decisions.

• elect leaders to make laws and decisions for them.

Who represents the citizens of Michigan in our

state government?

• representatives and senators

• the State Police

• city mayors

Which of the following is the job of local

government?

• They make state laws.

• They decide whether state laws are

  constitutional.

• They make laws for each community.

If you wanted to build a fence around your yard,

which level of government would tell you where

you could build it?

• local government

• state government

• national government

Which of these services is provided

by Michigan's state government?

• It provides food for people in the Army and Navy.

• It collects money for the President.

• It takes care of our state parks.

What are Michigan's three branches of state

government?

• legislative, judges, and mayors

• legislative, executive, and judicial

• legislative, representative, and senate

One job of the courts is to interpret laws. What

does this mean?

• The courts decide what laws mean.

• The courts write laws for the Congress.

• The courts arrest people who break laws.