7th Grade Jeopardy

1-5

100

Powers held by the federal government

Delegated powers

200

Powers held by the states

Reserved Powers

300

Powers held by both federal and state governments.

Concurrent Powers

400

Part of the Constitution ensures each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states.

Full faith and credit clause

500

To put in place

Implement

6-10

100

• Legislature divided into two houses.

Bicameral

200

Legislature with one house.

Unicameral

300

• Citizens represented by legislators.

Constituitents

400

• Process by which citizens can start new legislation.

Initiative

500

Legislative body of a city's government 

City Council

11-15

100

Process used by citizens to remove elected officials from office

Recall

200

Chief executive in each state.

Governor

300

• System in which government jobs are given to people recommended by political leaders.

Patronage

400

• Presiding officer of the state senate and successor of the governor.

Lieutenant Governor

500

Set of Criminal Laws

Penal Code

16-20

100

Method of selecting judges in which a committee prepares a list of qualified judges, the governor appoints a judge from the list, and the judge faces voters in the next election

Missouri Plan

200

• Unit of local government that is incorporated by the state and has a large degree of self-government.

Municipality

300

The largest type of municipality

City

400

Division of state government formed to carry out laws, collect taxes, supervise elections in a single small area

County

500

Cities chief executive officer

Mayor

21-25

100

Basic plan for local government that defines its powers, responsibilities, and organization.

Charter

200

• Regulations that govern a community.

Ordinances

300

• Unit of local government, usually larger than a village and smaller than a city.

Town

400

• Public meeting at which townspeople meet regularly to discuss and vote on town issues.

Town Meeting

500

authority of a city to write and amend its own municipal charter 

Home rule