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Using the indicated
web sites,
find the information to complete the following tasks.
1. (A Texas Scrapbook: Capitals of Texas) Name the five different towns where Texas has had her capital.
2. (A Texas Scrapbook: Capitals of Texas.) Print a picture of the current capital.
3. (Do You Know?) What is the state bird and when was it made the state bird?
4. (Do you Know?) What do the colors of the Texas flag symbolize?
5. (Texas Scrapbook) Today the Texas Rangers are part of what state department?
City of Houston - An Overview of the Government
1.Who is the current mayor of Houston?
2.What are three duties of the mayor?
3. How long is his term of office?
4. What is the city’s constitution called?
5. What are laws passed by the city called?
6. Which city council district do you live in?
7. Who is the city council member for your district?
1. (Courts of the State) Print a diagram of the Texas court structure.
2. How many members are there on the Texas State Supreme Court?
3. Name two kinds of cases that the Texas Supreme Court deals with.
(The Visitor Center: The Citizen’s Handbook). Using the above web site complete the following for both Texas House of representatives and the Senate.
1. How many members? H___ S____
2. Qualifications to run? H_________ S_____________
3. Length of term? H____ S____
4. Name your Senator.
5. Name your House member.
6. Who is the current Lieutenant Governor?
7. What are three duties of the Lt. Governor?
8. Print a diagram of how a bill becomes a law.
9. What happens to a bill the governor takes no action on for 10 days?
10. Using the glossary write definitions of these terms:
A. filibuster ______________________________
B. veto ______________________________
C. lobbyist ________________________________
D. bill __________________________________
E. constituents _____________________________
F. statutes _______________________________
G. forums _________________________________
Office of the Governor of Texas
1. Who is the governor today?
2. What is the length of his term?
3. What qualifications must he have to run?
4. What are three of his duties?
5. When was the current Governor’s mansion built?
6. Who was the first baby born here?
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