People and Places
State Governments Facts
Vocabulary
States and Capitals
Bill of Rights
100

Who is the governor of NJ?

Who is ...Phil Murphy

100

Each state is divided into legislative _____that contain roughly the same number of citizens

Districts

100

Another word for rule

Regulation

100

Capital of New York

Albany

100

The police can search and seize a person's property by a warrant

Fourth Amendment

200

What ocean borders New Jersey on the southeast?

Atlantic Ocean

200

The head of a state's executive branch is the state ______

Governor

200

Money the federal government gives a state for a certain purpose

grant

200

Capital of Texas

Austin

200

States that soldiers cannot take over a home during war or peace without the homeowner’s permission

Third Amendment

300

Name one NJ senator

Corey Booker or Bob Menendez

300

how the state's government must operate

state constitution

300

A process that lets citizens place a law on the ballot to be voted on

Initiative

300

Capital of Florida

Tallahassee

300

Grants the right to bear arms

Second Amendment

400

What is the name of the bay on the southwestern shore of New Jersey?

Delaware Bay

400

One of the most important services the state provides its citizens is infrastructure. Give me one example of an infrastructure

Transportation, Communication, Power systems, highways, roads, landlines

400

Basic support structures such as communication and power systems

Infrastructure

400

Capital of New Jersey

Trenton

400

Grants freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and the right to protest

First Amendment

500

What is New Jersey's nickname?

The Garden State

500

When a state law is adopted, the law applies to all other states

False

500

Process where citizens vote on a law the state legislature has adopted

Referendum

500

Capital of Mississippi

Jackson

500

Allows all citizens due process and states that a person cannot be forced to serve as a witness against himself when accused of a crime

Fifth Amendment