Government
Our government is divided into three main parts so no part can become too powerful.
What is separation of powers?
These are the people who are least 18 years old. They decide which people will hold government offices.
Who are the voters?
This is money paid by people to run the government.
What are taxes?
A group of regular people who are asked to come to court and listen to a trial. They make the final decision. This is their responsibility as U.S. citizens.
What is a jury?
This is the rule book for the government.
What is the constitution?
Our governor (the leader of the state) works in this branch of government.
What is the executive branch?
These are the people who want to hold an office, such as mayor or governor. They share their ideas to get people to vote for them.
Who are the candidates?
This is a tax on what people earn.
What is income tax?
This is a list of specific rights and freedoms that the government cannot take away from citizens. It is the name of the first ten amendments to the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is an idea for a new law.
What is a bill?
This branch has a house of representatives and senate.
What is the legislative branch?
This is the time when the voters choose people to hold government offices.
What is an election?
This is a tax on the homes people live in.
What is property tax?
Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are examples of this.
What are rights?
Each lawmaker is elected from a _______. He or she lives in the _______. Each _______ has the SAME number of people.
What is a district?
The guilty may visit this branch.
What is the judicial branch?
People in the U.S.A. choose others to hold government offices. They make decisions on our behalf. We call this a _________________ government.
What is a representative government?
This is a tax on the things we buy.
What is sales tax?
Respecting others and following laws are examples of this.
What are responsibilities?
This is a formal change or addition made to the constitution.
What is an amendment?
This is a reason that we have government.
What are...
services we cannot do alone
protecting our rights
making our laws
leadership and planning
This is the kind of government where the voters have the final say in what happens.
What is a democracy?
This is the percentage of Michigan's sales tax.
What is 6%?
This right AND responsibility lets you choose your leaders when you're old enough.
What is voting?
In our state and country we follow the laws. No one can make up new laws on their own, nor can they ignore the ones made by our lawmakers.
What is the rule of law?