Local & State Gov
This official signs state laws, proposes budgets, and may command the state’s National Guard.
What is the Governor?
This civic responsibility allows citizens to influence laws, leaders, and public policy.
This hereditary leader has symbolic or governing authority, depending on the country’s structure.
What is a King?
This type of visa permits temporary entry into the U.S. for recreation or visiting.
What is a Tourist Visa?
This local executive leads the administration of a city and often proposes a city budget.
What is the Mayor?
This group of elected officials passes ordinances, approves budgets, and represents city districts.
What is the City Council?
This test evaluates knowledge of U.S. history, government, and the Constitution for those seeking citizenship.
What is the U.S. Citizenship Test?
This form of government concentrates power in a royal family, sometimes limited by a constitution.
What is a Monarchy?
This general term refers to any official document that allows a non-citizen to enter and stay in the U.S.
What is a Visa?
This elected county official enforces laws, manages jails, and provides courtroom security.
What is the County Sheriff?
This process lets voters directly accept or reject laws passed by the legislature.
What is a Referendum?
This system allows citizens to vote directly on laws and policy without representatives.
What is a Direct Democracy?
This type of power structure gives a leader complete control over laws, the military, and the people.
What is Absolute Authority?
This visa allows a foreign national to work in the U.S. temporarily under employer sponsorship.
What is a Work Visa?
This federal program requires registration for potential military service in times of national emergency.
What is the Selective Service System?
These elected individuals make decisions about school curriculum, funding, and policy at the district level.
What is the School Board?
These voter-submitted proposals can create new laws or amend a state constitution.
What are Propositions (Ballot Measures)?
In this government form, a monarch’s powers are restricted by a legislative body or constitution.
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
This document grants permanent residency in the U.S. and is often a step toward citizenship.
What is a Green Card?
This government form bases its legal and political authority on religious doctrine.
What is a Theocracy?
This state-level body is made up of a House and Senate (in most states) and creates laws for the state.
What is the State Legislature?
This tool of direct democracy allows citizens to remove officials from office before the end of their term.
What is a recall election?
This system restricts individual rights and concentrates power in a small elite or single ruler.
What is Authoritarianism?
This multi-step legal process includes background checks, tests, and an oath of allegiance.
What is Naturalization?
This authoritarian system relies on fear, military power, and the suppression of opposition.
What is a Dictatorship?