Structure of Government
This branch makes Arizona's laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The Legislature's primary job is to do this.
What is make laws?
The leader of Arizona's executive branch.
Who is the Governor?
The Judicial branch is responsible for doing this with laws.
What is interpret laws?
Arizona and the federal government both have the power to do this.
What is collect taxes?
Arizona's Legislature has these two chambers.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Arizona Legislators are elected by these people.
Who are the voters in their legislative districts?
The Governor can either sign or __________ a bill.
What is veto?
Arizona's highest court.
What is the Arizona Supreme Court?
Only the federal government can do this.
What is declare war?
Arizona's government is divided into this number of branches.
What are three branches?
Before becoming law, every bill must be approved by these two groups.
Who are the House and Senate?
One responsibility of the executive branch is to do this with state laws.
What is "enforce state laws?"
Judges determine whether laws follow this document.
What is the Arizona Constitution?
Education is primarily this level of government's responsibility.
What is state government?
Each Arizona legislative district elects this number of senators.
What is one senator?
The Legislature has the power if enough members disagree with a governor's veto.
What is "override a veto?"
The Governor appoints many people to these positions.
What are state agencies and boards?
The judicial branch settles these.
What are legal disputes or court cases?
If a state law conflicts with the U.S. Constitution, the law wins.
What is the federal law (Supremacy Clause)?
This document is the highest law in Arizona.
What is the Arizona Constitution?
The Legislature controls this important financial document each year.
What is the state budget?
If the Governor cannot serve, this elected official is next in line.
Who is the Secretary of State?
This principle allows courts to decide if laws are constitutional.
What is judicial review?
This idea divides power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?