Social Studies Gr 3 Un. 5

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

• providing services

• making laws

• protecting individual rights

What is the BEST definition of 'common good'?

• People work with others that they have something in common with.

• People work together for the benefit of everyone.

• People work on their own to help their family and friends.

Which of the following is an example of how the state government keeps its citizens safe?

• It builds schools and libraries.

• It takes care of state parks.

• It provides a state police department.

Which of the following is something that the people do in a representative government?

• They write laws and rules by themselves.

• They have meetings to make laws and decisions.

• They elect leaders to make laws and decisions for them.

Our government is a republic. Who holds the power in a republic?

• the President

• the people

• the Army and Navy

Who represents the citizens of Michigan in our state government?

• representatives and senators

• the State Police

• city mayors

Which of the following is the job of local government?

• They make state laws.

• They decide whether state laws are constitutional.

• They make laws for each county or city.

If you wanted to build a fence around your yard, which level of government would tell you where you could build it?

• local government

• state government

• national government

Which of these services is provided by Michigan's state government?

• It provides food for people in the Army and Navy.

• It collects money for the President.

• It takes care of our state parks.

What are Michigan's three branches of state government?

• legislative, judges, and mayors

• legislative, executive, and judicial

• legislative, representative, and senate