Why is government Necessary?
How Government Works
Bill of RIghts
Vocabulary
This means what
100
This exists to promote the public good.
What is government?
100
a written proposal for a law
What is a bill
100
Blogging, using Facebook, and saying your opinion are protected through which amendment?
What is 1st amendment?
100
a change or revision
What is an amendment?
100
a form of direct democracy that allows citizens to remove elected officials from office
What is recall?
200
These are some examples of how the government protects the public good.
What is fire department, police department, immunization clinics, military protection?
200
Which secretary oversees public school and state education?
What is the Secretary of Public Education?
200
This amendment protects the right to bear arms
What is 2nd?
200
the first 10 amendments to the Constitution that establish basic freedoms
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
a written proposal for a law
What is a bill?
300
This person approves the bills that become laws in the state government
What is the governor?
300
Rights granted in the Constitution shall not infringe on other rights
What is 9th amendment?
300
city or town with its own local government
What is municipality?
300
a form of direct democracy where citizens draft a law or constitutional amendment that will be put on the ballot fo rthe action of the voters
What is initiative?
400
the branch of political science that deals with the rights and duties of citizens
What is civics?
400
THis house of Congress does New Mexico have more representatives
What is the House of Representatives?
400
Protection against trial without formal accusation
What is 5th amendment?
400
a law or regulation, especially one passed by a local government
What is ordinance?
400
a nation with a government headed by elected leaders
What is a republic?
500
the general welfare or the common well-being of a community
What is public good?
500
This act gave Indian tribes more sovereignty and the ability to create separate governments.
What is the Indian Self-Determination Act in 1975
500
Right to trial by jury
What is 7th amendment?
500
a type of government where citizens are directly involved in the lawmaking process rather than through elected representatives
What is direct democracy?
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