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WorksheetsHow Virginia Works
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Virginia's government is made up of how many parts (branches)?
4
1
2
3
The Virginia State Capitol is in:
Virginia Beach
Richmond
Washington D.C.
Jamestown
Which branch of Virginia's government makes the laws?
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Supreme Court
The two parts of the legislative branch of government in Virginia are:
House of Delegates and Senate
Court of Appeals and Circuit Court
House of Representatives and Senate
Governor and Cabinet
All of the following are functions of the legislative branch except:
write brand new laws
decide how to spend the state's money
change current laws
apply the law
The governor approves the laws that the General Assembly writes.
True
False
The head of the executive branch of Virginia's state government is:
The president
The chief justice
The governor
The principal
The cabinet passes on ideas to the governor, who shares those ideas with delegates and senators, who write proposals for new laws,
True
False
Please check 2 answers! The Judicial branch:
applies the law
makes the law
makes sure a law agrees with the Virginia Constitution
decides who is in the cabinet
The state's highest court is:
Family Court
Court of Appeals
District Court
Supreme Court of Virginia
If a person is not happy with the way his or her trial turned out, the decision can be appealed, and a new trial held.
True
False
All of the following people have been governor of Virginia except:
Terry McAuliffe
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
A governor's term lasts for how many years?
8
6
4
3
Someone who gets a traffic ticket would go to which court?
Circuit Court
Transportation Court
District Court
Family Court
The Virginia Senate is made up of how many senators?
100
50
20
40
