Purpose of Government
The main purpose of government is to keep order and do this for its citizens.
What is protect citizens?
his branch makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This document explains the basic rules and laws of the United States.
What is the Constitution?
A responsibility that requires citizens to obey the rules of the country.
What is following laws?
Canada’s national government is called this.
What is Parliament?
This is a rule made by the government that people must follow.
What is a law?
The President is part of this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch?
This document announced that the American colonies were free from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A right that allows U.S. citizens to choose their leaders.
What is voting?
The leader of Canada’s national government
Who is the Prime Minister?
Governments create these to keep communities safe and organized.
What are laws?
This branch interprets the laws and includes the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These two things are important duties citizens must do in a democracy.
What are following laws and paying taxes?
Citizens elected to make laws in Canada’s government are called this.
What are Members of Parliament (MPs)?
This system ensures no branch of government becomes too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
The Supreme Court’s main job is to do this to laws.
What is interpret laws?
This early agreement created rules for Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This is something citizens are allowed to do, such as voting or speaking freely.
What is a right?
In this type of government, power is controlled by one leader or one political party.
What is a communist dictatorship?
The system that divides government power among different branches.
What is separation of powers?
These three branches share power in the United States government.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
This document established the structure of the U.S. government and its three branches.
What is the Constitution?
This is something citizens are expected to do, like obey laws or serve on a jury.
What is a responsibility?
In this system, citizens elect representatives who make laws.
What is a representative democracy?