The House of Representative and the Senate make up ___________.
What is Congress?
100
The Ohio Constitution calls for this many branches of government.
What is three.
100
This word describes the first section of the Constitution. The section begins with "We the People..."
What is preamble?
100
This branch is responsible for making laws.
What is the legislative branch?
100
The system of government in which people elect their leaders.
What is democracy?
200
The president can serve a maximum of ______ terms. Each term is ______ years long.
What is 2 and 4.
200
What is one way state taxes are used?
What is education, fire and police, mail, highways, etc.
200
This is what we call the first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
This branch is responsible for interpreting the laws and determining whether laws are Constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
200
This word is a synonym for the word "national."
What is federal?
300
This document outlines all the laws of the United States. It also protects the rights of citizens.
What is the Constitution?
300
The judicial branch is housed in the __________ __________.
What is the Supreme Court?
300
If the president vetoes a bill, then the bill can still be approved to law if this fraction of Congress supports it.
What is 3/5?
300
This branch of government is responsible for carrying out, or executing, the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
300
A plan for using an amount of money for a specific purpose.
What is a budget?
400
This is the name given to a group of people who determine whether someone is guilty or not.
What is a jury?
400
Congress is the legislative branch of the Federal government. What is the name of the Senate and House of Representatives in the Ohio government.
What is the General Assembly?
400
This amendment includes some of the most important rights of individual citizens including the Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Right to Petition, and Right to Assemble.
What is the First Amendment?
400
Name the leader of the Executive Branch at the federal and state level.
What is president and governor?
400
a written idea for a new law
What is a bill?
500
How many senators are there in the legislative branch of the federal government?
What is 100?
500
At the national level, the vice-president is second in command to the president. At the state level, the _____________ ____________ is second in command to the governor.
What is the Lieutenant Governor?
500
This word is used to describe a change made to the Constitution. It helps "mend" the document when a change becomes necessary.
What is amendment?
500
Which two bodies make up Congress?
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
500
This word is used to describe a verb for when the president (or governor) turns down a bill sent from congress.