State Executive Branch Preview Activity What is the

State Executive Branch

Preview Activity: What is the main function of the executive branch? Name an individual or a group in an executive branch of government?

State Executive Branch: The form of government of the Commonwealth of Virginia is established by the Virginia Constitution __________.

United States Executive Branch Headed by ___________ President Vice President Also includes ___________ Cabinet ________ Federal Bureaucracy ________

State Executive Branch: Virginia Executive Branch Headed by ___________ Governor Lieutenant Governor Also includes ___________ Cabinet _______ Attorney General ________ State Bureaucracy ___________________

State Executive Branch: Both play a key role in the Policy Making ____________ process.

State Executive Branch: United States Executive Branch carry ______/________/ enforce out _____ execute laws _______ prepare ______ annual (yearly) budget administer federal bureaucracy __________ appoint cabinet officers, ambassadors & ________ federal judges

State Executive Branch: Virginia Executive Branch enforce execute ______/_____________ carry out prepare laws ______ biennial (two year) budget administer __________ state bureaucracy appoint ________ cabinet officers & boards

State Executive Branch: The Governor of Virginia exercises the formal powers granted by the Virginia Constitution ___________

State Executive Branch: The executive power is exercised by the _________, who is elected for a Governor _____ 4 year term of office.

State Executive Branch: The Governor appoints members of the cabinet who oversee specific ______, functions of government.

State Executive Branch: The ________ Lieutenant Governor and the ________ General, chief legal Attorney officer of the state, are executive branch officers who are elected for a ____ year 4 term of office.