Vocabulary
Branches of Government
How Government Works
100

What is the branch of government that is in charge of making laws at the federal level?

What is the legislative branch

100

a legislature made up of two houses

What is bicameral?

200

 term for a law-making body

What is a legislature?

200

Who is the elected official that carries out and enforces laws at the federal level?

Who is the President

300

the areas that contain roughly the same number of citizens for electing representatives

What are districts?

300

What is the name of the Texas legislative body that makes laws?

What is the Texas Legislature

400

Who interprets the laws at the state level in Texas?

Who is the State Supreme Court

500

What is the executive branch at the city level in Bastrop called?

What is the City Manager?