Government Review

Building and fixing roads is an example of which role of state government?

• Protecting Individual Rights

• Providing Services

• Making Laws

People working together for the benefit of everybody is known as

• Individual Rights

• Providing Services

• The Common Good

The state government keeps its citizens safe by providing a state police force.

• True

• False

In a representative government, people__________.

• Elect leaders to make laws and decisions for them.

• Write laws and rules by themselves.

Our government is a republic because people hold the power.

• True

• False

Who represents the citizens of Michigan in our state government?

• State Police

• Senators and Representatives

• The Mayor

Who leads the executive branch of the state government?

• Governor

• Mayor

• Senator

What does the Judicial branch do?

• Makes laws

• Enforces laws

• Decides if laws have been broken

Which of the following is NOT a branch of government?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Representative Branch

Which service is provided by the state government?

• Collects money for the president

• Taking care of state parks

• Sending food to those in the army