Branches of Government
The process by which citizens vote for people to represent them.
Election
A fee citizens and others pay to local, state, or national government.
Tax
Power divided by the three branches
The part of government headed by the President.
Executive Branch
The lawmaking body of state or national government
Legislative Branch
The leader of a city's government
Mayor
The person elected as head of state.
Governor
The building where leaders of government meet to make laws.
Capitol
The part of the government that decides what laws mean, and whether laws obey the Constitution.
Judicial Branch
A group of officials who make laws for a town or city.
Council
A government in which citizens choose others to represent them in government
Representative Democracy