Federal Branches
The branch that creates laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Instead of a President, Virginia's executive is called this.
What is a Governor?
Division of powers between branches of government.
What is Checks and Balances?
The three types of localities.
What are City, Town, and County?
Collecting money from citizens to pay for government operations is this power of local government.
What is a levying and collecting taxes?
The branch that interprets laws determines if laws are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The highest court in Virginia.
What is the Supreme Court of Virginia?
Division of powers between levels of government.
What is Federalism?
The judicial branch found in each type of locality.
What is a Circuit Court?
Providing public schools is an example of this power of local government.
What is educating children?
The branch that enacts laws, ensure laws are carried out, and leads the nation.
What is the Executive Branch?
The name of Virginia's Legislative Branch.
What is the Virginia General Assembly?
A power directly listed in the Constitution for a level of government.
What is an Inumerated Power?
The type of Locality that Henrico is.
What is a County?
Ensuring that houses are built on residential plots of land and businesses are built on commercial plots of land.
What is regulating land usage?
The two chambers that make up the United States Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The two chambers that make up Virginia's legislative body.
What are the Senate and the House of Delegates?
A power that is suggested to be a level's responsibility based on other defined powers.
What is an Implied Power?
The executive of a City.
What is a Mayor?
Ensuring the locality has a fire department and EMS is an example of this power of local government.
What is protecting public safety?
Operates as Commander-in-Chief, Chief Diplomat, and primary executive of the United States.
Who is the President?
The current governor of Virginia.
Who is Glen Youngkin?
A power that is shared between levels of government?
What is a Concurrent Power?
The legislative branch of a county.
What is a Board of Supervisors?
The four elected government officials found in every type of locality.
What are Sherriff, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Commissioner of Revenue, and Treasurer.