Vocabulary
The Constitution
All About the Branches
TAXES
Government
100
To excuse a person from a crime.
What is pardon?
100
These are the types of rights protected by the Constitution.
What are individual and property rights?
100
These are the three government branches.
What is the executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch?
100
This is money people pay to the government to pay for services.
What are taxes?
100
This is the type of government the United States has.
What is a representative democracy?
200
To sign a document to show that there is an agreement.
What is ratify?
200
The Constitution starts with "We the People..." This word means an introduction to a formal document.
What is a preamble?
200
This branch carries out the laws and includes the President of the United States.
What is the executive branch?
200
When you buy a new toy at a store, you pay this tax.
What is sales tax?
200
These are the three levels of government.
What are local, state, and national governments?
300
This is another word used for the United States government.
What is federal?
300
These are changes to the Constitution.
What are amendments?
300
This branch is made up of courts. Courts decide what laws mean and make sure the laws do not go against the Constitution and its Bill of Rights.
What is the judicial branch?
300
If you own land, a home, or a building you have to pay this tax.
What is property tax?
300
This is how governments pay for the services they provide.
What are taxes?
400
This is the type of government where people vote directly for the laws. We do NOT have this type of government.
What is a direct democracy?
400
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
400
This branch of government is where the people we elect as our representatives make our laws.
What is the legislative branch?
400
This tax is paid by working people and businesses.
What is income tax?
400
This is another name for our type of government, it is a type of government where people elect representatives.
What is a republic?
500
This is the system that the three branches of government use so that one branch doesn't have too much power.
What is the system of checks and balances?
500
This was the year in which the Pennsylvania constitution (that we use today) was written.
What is 1968?
500
Congress is made up of these two sections.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives.
500
This is the percentage you pay in Pennsylvania for sales tax.
What is six percent?
500
This person is the leader of Pennsylvania's executive branch.
Who is the governor? (Tom Wolf)
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