Texas History - Unit 10 - Review Game 1 Question Preview (ID: 59257)
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Which term means income?
a) civil law
b) felonies
c) grand jury
d) revenue
Which term means a bill that sets the amount of public money to be spent by the government?
a) override
b) checks and balances
c) appropriation bill
d) federalism
Which term means crimes such as robbery and murder?
a) expenditures
b) felonies
c) grand jury
d) petit jury
Which term means a system of law that relates to the punishment of those who commit illegal acts?
a) capitalism
b) civil law
c) criminal law
d) grand jury
Which term means a government system under which each branch is able to limit the power of the other branches?
a) expenditures
b) checks and balances
c) federalism
d) capitalism
Which term refers to a jury that determines whether a person accused of a felony should be indicted?
a) civil law
b) tort
c) override
d) grand jury
Which of the following terms means money spent by government?
a) federalism
b) capitalism
c) civil law
d) expenditures
Which term means a system that distributes power between a central government and many regional governments?
a) federalism
b) capitalism
c) override
d) tort
Which term refers to legislative power to reverse a veto of a bill?
a) civil law
b) override
c) tort
d) capitalism
Which of the following means a law relating to the rights or obligations of individuals?
a) capitalism
b) civil law
c) tort
d) judicial
Which branch of government passes laws?
a) executive
b) judicial
c) legislative
d) political action
Which branch of government carries out the law?
a) legislative
b) executive
c) judicial
d) political action
What action can governors take to prevent a bill from becoming law?
a) override
b) veto
c) federalism
d) capitalism
Which term means that power belongs to the people?
a) capitalism
b) legislative power
c) popular sovereignty
d) bicameral legislature
Which branch of government interprets laws?
a) legislative
b) executive
c) judicial
d) political action
Which of the following sets the state's budget, devoting much funding to education?
a) Bill of Rights
b) executive branch
c) Texas constitution
d) legislature
What is a bicameral legislature?
a) Composed of two houses
b) Composed of three houses
c) Deletes specific parts of budget bills
d) Protects local sovereignty
What action can a governor take regarding people convicted of crimes?
a) veto
b) pardon
c) sentence
d) referendum
What action can a governor take which allows deletion of specific parts of budget bills?
a) interpret laws
b) line item veto
c) popular sovereignty
d) pardon
What does the Texas constitution include that means a list of individual rights that the government must protect?
a) Preamble
b) Bill of Rights
c) Separation of Powers
d) Balanced Budget
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