Illinois Government

Study Guide NAME:

The quiz over this information is on ______Wednesday, March 19th __________.

1. Illinois became a state in ____1818___.

2. Illinois has had __________3_____ state capitals. The first state capital was in ______Kaskaskia_______, next it moved to _____Vandalia__________, and it is currently located in _____Springfield________.

3. _Shadrach Bond____________ was the first governor of Illinois. ____Rod Blagojevich________ is the current governor of Illinois.

4. Our state government is divided into _________3_____ branches just like our federal government. The three branches are the legislative______ branch, which contains the legislature and makes the laws, the ____executive______ branch which contains the governor and his cabinet which makes sure the laws are enforced, and the ________judicial____ branch, which is made up of courts and decides disputes between people.

VOCABULARY:

separation of powers constitution democracy capitol

checks and balances citizen capital

1. _____citizen___________a person who is a member of a nation

2. __constitution_________the basic set of laws by which a country or state is governed.

3. ___democracy______ ___government that is run by the people who live under it.

4. _________capitol_______the building in which the leaders of a state or country work

5. ________capital________a city where the government of a state or country is located.

6. _checks and balances___the system in our government which allows each branch to check on the other branches to be sure that no branch gets too much power

7. separation of powers___the constitutional requirement that makes each of the three branches separate from the others