Gov Quiz #2 Review

• • California Legislative branch requirements, houses, house sizes:

  Age- 18 years old | Citizenship- 3 years in US and Cali | State Assembly- 80 districts | State Senate: 40 districts
• California Executive branch requirements & powers of governer: 


  Age- 18 years old | Residency- 7 years min. | Powers- Chief executive, controls national guard, state budget, and veto over legislation
• California Judicial Branch, # of levels of state court & name them

  6 levels - Justice, municipal, state general trial, state appeals, state supreme, federal supreme
• Town and City Governments:

  Mayor-council (strong), mayor-council (weak), commission form, council manager form
• Cali. Judicial & court system:

  Supreme, appeals, state court (superior)
• Grand Jury


  6-23 people, decide if there’s enough evidence for trial, and issue the indictment
• Petit Jury


  6-12 people, serve a trial and decide a verdict
• Indictment:


  A formal accusation
• Trial Procedures:

  Prosecution, the defense, both sides present evidence, witnesses may be called, and finally the verdict
• Federal Court System:

  District courts, circuit courts (12), and supreme court
• Dec. Of Independence

  “we hold these truths…” Father is Thomas Jefferson
• Constitution:


  “We the people…” Father is James Madison
• Articles Of Confederation:

  First form of government, 13 articles for each state at the time, failed due to economic disorganization
• 3 branches of federal government:

  Legislative, executive, judicial
• Socrates:


  Greek philosopher, invented the socratic method
• Plato:

  Philosopher that wrote “The Republic”
• Pure Democracy:

  Power is directly from the people
• John Locke: 


  English philosopher and founded empiricism
• James Madison:


  4th US President and wrote the federalist papers. Father of the constitution
• Thomas Jefferson :


  3rd US President & principal author of the Declaration of Independence