Maine
Being a good Citizen
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
100

The capital of Maine

What is Augusta?

100

How old you have to be to vote.

What is 18?

100

The leader of the executive branch

Who is the president?

100

The highest court in the United States

What is the Supreme Court?

100

The group of people who make new laws, and work in the Capital building in Washington D.C.

Who is Congress?

200

The biggest city in Maine

What is Portland?

200

This is taken out of your paycheck, to pay for government, like roads, public safety, and schools.

What are taxes?

200

The president lives here.

What is the White House?

200

A person who works in a court and decides what’s fair

Who is a judge?

200

1 part of Congress is the House of ___________-

What is Representatives?

300

There are are 16 of them, like York and Cumberland for example

How many counties are in Maine?

300

They help people follow the law in the community

Who are the police?

300

The first female Vice President

Who is Kamala Harris?

300

A group of people who help decide a court case, and decide guilty or not guilty.

Who is the jury?

300

Another part of Congress is the Senate, and every state gets this many Senators

What is 2?

400

The only other state that borders Maine

What is New Hampshire?

400

The bird that is the symbol of the U.S. Government 

What is the bald eagle?

400

If the president does not like a new law, he can do this to it (begins with ‘V’)

What is veto it?

400

The color of the robes that the Supreme Court Justices wear

What is black?

400

Most people in Congress are either known as a Democrat or a _________

What is a Republica?

500

The only other country that borders Maine.

What is Canada?

500

People fill out a ballot with their choice of candidate on it, and put it in the ballot box.

What is voting?

500

He takes over if the President dies

Who is the Vice President?

500

The top judge on the Supreme Court is called this.

What is the Chief Justice?

500

Senator terms are this many years long.

What is 6?

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