Vocabulary
What is a legislature made of two houses
What is the branch of government that is in charge of making laws at the federal level?
What is the legislative branch?
What is the main source of funding for county government?
What are property and sales taxes?
What is the term for a law-making body
Legislature
Who is the elected official that carries out and enforces laws at the federal level?
What is the president?
Name two examples of services provided by the state government departments.
What are education and public safety?
What do you call the areas that contain roughly the same number of citizens
Districts
What is the name of the Texas legislative body that makes laws?
What is the Texas Legislature?
What type of government manages waste management and public works at the municipal level?
What is municipal government?
What is the process that lets citizens place a law on the ballot to be voted on
Initiative
Who interprets the laws at the state level in Texas
What types of services do county governments maintain?
What are parks and roads?
What is the money the federal government gives a state for a certain purpose that doesn't need to be paid back
Grant
What is the executive branch at the city level in Bastrop called?
What is the City Manager?
Name one department that provides services at the municipal level.
What is the Department of Public Works?