VA Government Review

Virginia's government is made up of _________.

• 4 branches

• 3 branches

• 2 different parts

• many parts all working together

What is the main reason we have a government? (purpose)

• to figure out if people broke the law

• to change the laws and make new ones

• to be sure that our laws go with our state constitution

• to decide who the governor will be

Together the House of Delegates and the Senate make up the ________. CHOOSE 2

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• General Assembly

• Executive Branch

The Judicial Branch does which things (CHOOSE 2)?

• Creates new laws for Virginia

• Figures out if a law agrees with the VA Constitution

• Picks the new governor

• When people are charged with breaking the law they decide the cases.

Our governor right now is ________.

• L. Douglas Wilder

• A. Linwood Holton Jr.

• Oliver Hill

• Glenn Youngkin

Who/What is in the Executive Branch?

• Governor

• General Assembly

• State Court System

• Congress-

What does the Legislative Branch do?

• Decides cases about people accused of breaking state laws and if laws agrees with the state constitution

• carries out state laws

• picks the next president of the U.S,

• makes state laws

Who/What is in the Judicial Branch?

• Congress

• State Court System

• General Assembly

• Governor

Who/What is in the Legislative Branch?

• Governor

• State Court System

• President

• General Assembly

What does the Executive Branch do?

• makes laws

• carries out laws

• decides if people broke laws

• picks the next president of the U.S.