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State Government

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Are there three branches of government in the state government?

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

Who is head of the executive branch at the state level?

a)

governor

b)

legislator

c)

supervisor

d)

president

3.

What are the two parts of the bicameral legislature?

a)

senate

b)

house of representatives

c)

congress

d)

assembly

4.

What are the names of the two lower courts in state government?

a)

trial

b)

appeals

c)

supreme

d)

judges

5.

What is instituted in our government to prevent one person from getting too much power?

a)

3 branches of government

b)

courts

c)

referendums

d)

legislature

6.

What is the state's lawmaking body?

a)

judicial

b)

executive

c)

legislature

7.

What are 3 departments of the executive branch?

a)

education

b)

transportation

c)

health

d)

lawyer

8.

What courts do cases start in?

a)

town

b)

civil

c)

trial

d)

state

9.

What is the trial court level called?

a)

superior court

b)

biggest court

c)

largest court

d)

gigantic court

10.

The state's high court is responsible for...

a)

review decisions made by lower courts

b)

supervises the other courts

c)

interprets the state constitution

11.

What is the state's "law of the land"?

a)

state constitution

b)

town constitution

c)

local constitution

d)

federal constitution

12.

What allows citizens to draft laws they would like to see adopted?

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

regulate

d)

grants

13.

What lets citizens vote on a law already passed by state legislature?

a)

initiative

b)

referendum

c)

grants

d)

regulates

14.

Which is not a major service provided by the state government?

a)

curency

b)

fire safety

c)

roads

d)

infrastructure

15.

What are sums of money designated for a certain purpose such as improving an airport or providing healthcare to low income households?

a)

grants

b)

referendums

c)

initiatives

d)

regulates

16.

Another word for making rules about something.

a)

regulate

b)

draft

c)

initiate

d)

referendum

17.

State agencies that carry out regulations like food inspections and building codes belong to what branch of government?

a)

executive

b)

legislative

c)

judicial

18.

Who gives the local government power?

a)

state

b)

federal

c)

foreign

19.

each state is divided into legislative...

a)

districts

b)

areas

c)

properties

d)

acres

20.

What is the only state to have a legislature with only one chamber to make all of the lawmaking decisions?

a)

Nebraska

b)

New York

c)

New Mexico

d)

South Dakota