Meet MI Chapter 7

All of the following would be different if we did not have any government EXCEPT:

• roads would not be fixed

• no police or fire department

• people would not have to follow the laws

• people would need to eat food to survive

What do the three branches of the government tree represent?

• legislative, executive, judicial

• constitution, legislative, voters

• voters, executive, judicial

• judicial, constitution, county

What do the roots of the government tree represent?

• the president

• the governor

• voters

• congress

Since we cannot all go to Lansing or Washington, D.C. to make laws, how we do handle this problem?

• we call in our votes every time

• we send people to represent us (representative government)

• we vote online (direct democracy)

• the president makes all laws and decisions (dictatorship)

__ is money collected to pay for services.

• pay checks

• polls

• taxes

• fees

People in Michigan __ to decide who will be our state governor.

• rally

• vote

• fight

What are the four levels of government?

• international, city, state, county

• city, local, country, federal

• federal, state, county, city

What do we call the rule book of government?

• Government Handbook

• Constitution

• Rules to Rule

• Governing Laws

What is a jury?

• people elected to make laws

• people who help the police department arrest bad guys

• people who decide who is right and wrong

• people who protect the president

More money to schools and less to roads is an example of __?

• trade offs in the state budget

• loving students more than drivers

• picking jobs for the government to do