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Of the People, By the People
Who's the Boss?
Order in the Court
Lawmakers
Foundations of Government
100
This is to say or write who you choose to be a leader.
What is vote?
100
The elected leader of a country is called this.
What is a president?
100
The branch of government that has the courts is called this.
What is the judicial branch?
100
The branch of government that writes the laws is called this.
What is legislative branch?
100
This is the document that lists the most important laws of the country.
What is the Constitution?
200
This is the process by which leaders are chosen by a vote.
What is an election?
200
The elected leader of a city is called this.
What is a mayor?
200
The highest court in the country is called this.
What is the Supreme Court?
200
The legislative branch meets in this building in Washington DC.
What is the Capitol Building?
200
The United States Constitution starts with these three important words.
What is "We the People.."
300
Someone who "runs for" an elected office is called this.
What is a candidate?
300
The elected leader of a state is called this.
What is a governor?
300
There are nine of these on the Supreme Court.
What are Justices?
300
The lawmakers elected to represent the states are called this.
What is Congress/Congressmen/women?
300
The government collects this money from citizens of the country to pay for services.
What are taxes?
400
A group of leaders chosen to make laws and keep us safe is called this.
What is a government?
400
The president is the highest leader of this branch of government.
What is the executive branch?
400
If the congress writes the laws and the president approves and enforces the law, what is it the judicial branch does?
What is interprets the law?
400
If the president doesn't like a law the congress writes, he can do this send it back to them to fix.
What is veto?
400
The United States declared it's independence from England on this date in 1776.
What is July 4th?
500
A form of government in which citizens of a country vote to choose their own leaders is called this.
What is a democracy?
500
The president is the commander in chief of these important forces that protect the country from enemies.
What is the military?
500
If the Supreme Court disagrees with a law, they can cancel the law by ruling it is this.
What is unconstitutional?
500
If the congress thinks a president is doing a very terrible job, they can do this to him or her, if enough of them agree.
What is impeach him or her?
500
The United States was a country, it had this many colonies, which were ruled by the king of England.
What is thirteen?