Check Your (Prior) Knowledge: State & Local Government

If the U.S. Constitution distributes power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the FEDERAL government, then the ____ distributes power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Virginia STATE government

• Virginia Constitution

• Virginia governor

• Virginia Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

Congress : federal legislative branch :: __ : Virginia state legislative branch

• General Assembly

• General Hospital

• General Mills

• General Legislature

House of Representatives: US Congress :: __ : VA General Assembly

• House of Delegates

• House of Dereon

• House of People

• House of Virginia

U.S. Senate: U.S. Congress :: __ : Virginia General Assembly

• Virginia Senate

• Virginia Capitols

• Virginia Representatives

• Maryland Senate

US President : head of federal executive branch :: __ : head of Virginia executive branch

• governor

• mayor

• Virginia president

• Attorney General

U.S. Vice President : U.S. President :: __ : Virginia Governor

• Virginia Lieutenant Governor

• Virginia Vice President

• Virginia Governor II

• Virginia Senator

Governor : State :: __ : Town

• Mayor

• Town President

• Mini-Governor

• Town Crier

__ is a system of government in which power is divided between a national (federal) government and state governments

• federalism

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• constitutionalism

True or False: The primary responsibility of state governments is to promote public health, safety, and welfare

• True

• False

True or False Virginia's legislative branch is bicameral (has two chambers)

• True

• False