Judicial Branch
What is the highest court in the state of MO?
The Missouri Supreme Court
What is Missouri's legislature called?
The General Assembly
Who is the head of the MO Executive Branch?
The Governor
Missouri was originally inhabited by which native tribe?
The Missouria
What is the third planet from the sun?
Earth
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
Interpret the laws
Missouri's legislature is bicameral, meaning it is made up of two parts. What are those two parts?
Senate and House of Representatives.
What is a line-item veto?
The governor vetoing only a section of a bill, allowing the rest to become law.
The Oregon Trail began in which Missouri city?
Independence, MO
Name 10 dinosaurs.
hopefully you got it
What is judicial review?
The MO Supreme Court striking down a law or executive order as unconstitutional
The senate votes on a bill, but they tie. Who breaks that tie?
The Lieutenant Governor
How old must you be to run for governor in the state of Missouri?
30 years old
How many constitutions has Missouri had throughout its history?
4
What letter is after G in the musical alphabet?
A
Where are Missouri's three courts of appeals located?
St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield
What is the Upper House and what is the Lower House?
Upper House - Senate
Lower House - House of Reps
Missouri's State Auditor is the only member of the executive branch that the Governor cannot fire. Why?
The State Auditor's job is to audit the government's finances to look for corruption. If the governor can fire them they can't look for corruption.
Our current MO constitution was adopted in what year?
1945
Perform long division (without a calculator).
744 / 6
124
What is a retention vote?
A vote that occurs every 12 years, where the people can vote to remove a state supreme court justice from the court.
The legislature wants to pass a law creating a state park / military base / highway / whatever. The owners of the land refuse to sell. What power can the legislature use to take the land anyway?
Eminent Domain
How are the heads of agencies (Department of Agriculture, Corrections, Transportation, etc.) chosen?
They are nominated by the Governor, and confirmed by a majority vote in the Senate.
The Missouri Compromise allowed three things to happen. What were they?
1. Missouri enters the Union as a slave state.
2. Maine enters the Union as a free state.
3. A line going from the bottom of the state of Missouri westward would be set up, south of that line all future states will be slave, north of that line all future states would be free.
What would happen to you if you ate a polar bear liver?
You would die from Vitamin A toxicity.