Vocabulary
a legislature made up of two houses
What is bicameral?
What is the branch of government that is in charge of making laws at the federal level?
What is the legislative branch
What is the main source of funding for county government?
What are property and sales taxes?
term for a law-making body
What is a legislature?
Who is the elected official that carries out and enforces laws at the federal level?
Who is the President
Name two examples of services provided by state government departments.
What are education and public safety?
the areas that contain roughly the same number of citizens for electing representatives
What are districts?
What is the name of the Texas legislative body that makes laws?
What is the Texas Legislature
What type of government manages waste management and public works at the municipal level?
What is municipal government?
the process that lets citizens place a law on the ballot to be voted on?
What is an initiative?
Who interprets the laws at the state level in Texas?
Who is the State Supreme Court
What types of services do county governments maintain?
What are parks and roads?
the money the federal government gives a state for a certain purpose that doesn’t need to be paid back
What is a grant?
What is the executive branch at the city level in Bastrop called?
What is the City Manager
Name one department that provides services at the municipal level.
What is the Department of Public Works?