Texas History - Unit 10 - Review Game 1 Question Preview (ID: 59257)


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Which term refers to legislative power to reverse a veto of a bill?
a) civil law
b) override
c) tort
d) capitalism

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 of the following terms means money spent by government?
a) federalism
b) capitalism
c) civil law
d) expenditures

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 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 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 crimes such as robbery and murder?
a) expenditures
b) felonies
c) grand jury
d) petit jury

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 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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