Unit 10 VOCAB: State&LocalGov'ts(HRMSCivics)

Type of government the United States has...where national and states share and divide powers.

• federal system

• reserved powers

• supremacy clause

• legislative referendum

__________ powers are given only to states. The Tenth Amendment says that all powers not given to the federal government are saved for the states.

• enumerated

• reserved

• concurrent

• redistricted

Some powers are shared by both national and state governments. These are ___________ powers and include levy tax, set up courts, and make/enforce laws.

• enumerated

• reserved

• concurrent

• redistricted

The ___________ in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution establishes that national laws as superior and limit state power.

• charter

• special session

• home rule

• supremacy clause

Each year the federal government gives billions of dollars to the states in ________. This money is used to meet goals set by Congress.

• property tax

• grants-in-aid

• licenses

• referendums

A ________, including Florida’s, set forth the structure of the state's government and split the state government into three branches.

• city council

• line-item veto

• state constitution

• citation

State constitutions also list the specific rights guaranteed to state citizens. Florida’s list of specific rights guaranteed to state citizens is called the ________.

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Florida Individual Rights Act

• Declaration of Rights

Forty-nine states have a _____ legislature, with two houses, like the federal Congress.

• unicameral

• chartered

• bicameral

• tricameral

The task of working out the boundaries of legislative districts, based on the census count, is called ________.

• redistricting

• zoning

• incorporating

• malapportionment

Sometimes state legislatures call a ____. This meeting is held for a specific purpose, such as addressing a crisis (COVID).

• council

• special session

• special district

• home rule