Vocabulary Category
Key Concepts
Key Concepts 2
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking and bonuses
100
a group that makes laws at the local level
What is council
100
Speed limits and traffic lights are examples of these that the governments makes to keep people safe
What are laws
100
The head of the executive branch at the local level of government
What is the mayor
100
One examples of a service that the government provides, and tell why we need it
Possible Answer: Our city provides buses. The buses help transport people around the city (There are other answers that can be used - look in your social studies book :)
100
Two ways that a local government can pay for the services it provides
What is collecting taxes from citizens. Citizens may also pay a fee for a service (like trash collection)
200
The branch of government that is made up of courts
What is judicial
200
The three levels of government that you find in each of the branches of government
What is local, state, and national
200
Was written because the colonists wanted freedom from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence
200
The White House is located here
What is Washington D.C
200
Bonus: Name all three branches of government and the leader for each
What is Executive/President, Legislative/Congress, and Judicial/Supreme Court
300
Another word for freedom
What is liberty
300
This branch of government has the most power
What is each branch has the same amount of power
300
This branch of government enforces and carries out the laws of the United States
What is the Executive Branch
300
Person who lives and works in the White House
What is the President
400
A government run by its citizens
What is democracy
400
This is how a person becomes a leader in the United States government
What is they are voted into office by citizens
400
A service that the national government provides but the other levels do not
What is printing paper money and making coins
400
The President is the head of this branch of government
What is the Executive Branch
500
The president's rejection of a bill
What is a veto
500
An example of a project that all three levels of government would work together on
What is completing a large road construction project
500
Makes sure that laws passed by Congress follow the United States Constitution
What is the Supreme Court justices
500
The system that allows each branch of government to check the actions of the others?
What is checks and balances
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