Unit 5 - The Government of MIchigan

1.  Which statement is NOT a purpose of government?

• To keep people safe

• To look out for the common good

• To make everyone happy

• To make and enforce laws

2.  How would you describe a community without laws and a government?

• peaceful

• crazy

• calm

• happy

3.  Our government is a republic.  Who holds the power in a republic?

• the President

• the army and the navy

• the richest people in the country

• the people

4.  What happens if the representatives chosen by the people don't do a good job?

• The people make them pay lots of money.

• The people put them in jail.

• The people send them to work in another state.

• The people don't vote for them again.

5.  Laws about fences would be an example of

• local law

• state law

6.  What is a constitution?

• an important law

• a branch of government

• a symbol for government

• a written plan for government

7.  How is the state government of Michigan organized?

• It has three different branches of government.

• It has a constitution.

• It has one leader who has all the power.

• It has a President and some people who make laws.

8.  Who is in charge of the Executive branch in the state of Michigan?

• the representatives

• the senators

• the governor

• the Supreme Court

9.  What does the Legislative branch do?

• It enforces the laws.

• It makes the laws.

• It interprets the laws.

• It runs the courts.

10.  The House of Representatives and the Senate are part of the

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Governing Branch