3.13- Comparing Florida and U.S. constitution

Choose the answer that best describes the part of Florida's constitution that lists individual rights.

• Declaration

  of Rights

• Bill of

  Rights

• Amendments

• Preamble

The Florida Constitution and the U.S. constitution have this in common...

• neither

  protects individual rights

• both

  include an amendment process

• neither

  provides for a chief executive

• both

  include a nine member Supreme Court

Choose the statement that describes a similarity between the Florida constitution and the U.S. constitution.

• both

  include a Preamble

• both

  include seven articles

• both

  require legislative term limits

• both

  require native born chief executives

The headline below is from a newspaper

"State tax amendment rejected by Florida Voters"

What conclusion can you draw from this headline?

• Citizens

  can be directly involved in policy making.

• Only

  elected officials make policy.

• Citizens

  can be involved in policy making through their representatives.

• Only

  elected officials may change constitutions.

Choose the feature that completes the venn diagram.

• created property taxes

• established a zoning board

• required a balanced budget

• guaranteed individual rights