Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Vocabulary
Local & State Government
100
What does the Executive Branch do?
It carries out the laws.
100
What does the Legislative Branch do?
It makes the nations laws.
100
What does the Judicial Branch do?
It decides what the laws mean and whether they obey the Constitution.
100
What is a monument?
a building or statue that helps people remember a person or event.
100
What is an election?
It is the process by which citizens vote for people to represent them.
200
Who is the head of the Executive Branch?
What is the president.
200
What is another name for the Legislative Branch?
Congress
200
What heads this branch?
The Supreme Court
200
What is a capitol?
The building where leaders meet to make the laws.
200
What is a county?
It is an area of the state that includes several cities and towns.
300
Who votes for the president?
American citizens that are 18 and older.
300
What are the two parts of Congress?
The House of Representatives and the Senate.
300
How are members of the Judicial Branch picked?
They are chosen by the President and the Senate has to agree or confirm.
300
What is a tax?
It is money that citizens and others pay to the government.
300
What is a council?
A group of officials who make rules or laws.
400
Who is the current U.S president?
Barack Obama
400
Who elects lawmakers to serve in this branch?
U.S citizens over 18
400
How long do judges serve?
They serve until death, retirement, or they are asked to leave by the Senate.
400
What is a representative democracy?
It is citizens that choose other citizens to represent or stand for them in the government.
400
Who is Georgia's Governor?
Nathan Deal
500
What are some of the jobs of the president?
He approves or rejects laws made by Congress, makes sure laws are carried out, and is the commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces.
500
Where does the National Congress meet?
The Capital Building in Washington, D.C.
500
What is the highest court in the U.S?
The Supreme Court of the U.S.
500
What does separation of powers mean?
It means that the three branches of government have different powers and different jobs to do.
500
Who is Greensboro's Mayor?
Mr. Glenn Wright.
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