National Govt
State Govt
Key Vocab
Law-making
Random
100
Leader of the national executive branch
What is THE PRESIDENT?
100
What is HOUSE OF DELEGATES?
100
Two house legislature
What is BICAMERAL?
100
The name for a proposed law
What is BILL?
100
U.S. Supreme Court is part of this government branch
What is JUDICIAL BRANCH?
200
The BRANCH that has this power.
What is LEGISLATIVE BRANCH?
200
Number of years in the Governor's term
What is FOUR YEARS?
200
Amount of money it takes to run the government
What is BUDGET?
200
The reason why Congressmen write laws
What is IN RESPONSE TO PROBLEMS OR ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY
200
Role of President in picture
What is COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF?
300
Two things the President can do when he receives a bill passed by Congress.
What is SIGN INTO LAW OR VETO?
300
What best replaces the question mark?
What is HOUSE OF DELEGATES?
300
Division of power between national and state governments
What is FEDERALISM?
300
After a bill is introduced, it goes to this next step
What is WORKED ON IN COMMITTEE?
300
The document that outlines the Virginia state government
What is the VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION?
400
What best replaces the question mark?
Justices ----- Departments ----- Senators
What is DEPARTMENTS?
400
This is the main job of Virginia's legislative branch
What is WRITE STATE LAWS?
400
Powers NOT written in Constitution; used to carry out expressed powers
What are IMPLIED POWERS?
400
Person who works for interest group and tries to get Congressmen to vote for or against a bill
What is a LOBBYIST?
400
This branch APPROVES the annual budget
What is the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (or Congress)?
500
Presidential Role: Acting as ceremonial head of government
What is CHIEF OF STATE?
500
Powers that are for the states (10th amendment) -- (hint: started with "r")
What are RESERVED POWERS?
500
Power is divided into 3 different branches
What is SEPARATION OF POWERS?
500
The missing step
What is VOTED ON BY BOTH HOUSES?
500
This BRANCH has the power to impeach the President
What is LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (or Congress)?