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Lesson 1 - Leaders in the Community
Other Vocabulary
Lesson 2 - Communities Have Governments
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Lesson 3 - Community Governments Provide Services
100

This was the best known community center in the United States.

Hull House

100

This is someone who chooses to work without getting paid.  

volunteer

100

This is a group of citizens that leads the community.

government

100

A judge works in a ______________ and can help people work out their disagreements.

court

100

This is a work that is done by the government for everyone in the city or town like garbage collection and crime fighting.

government service

200

Jane Addams and Virginia Ramirez worked hard for the _________.  This is the good of everyone in the community.  

common good
200

People in Ocean Township can __________ leaders by voting at elections.

elect

200

The government makes _________ or rules that people must follow.

laws

200
6 to 12 people of a _________ listen to the facts of a court case and decide if a person is guilty or not.  Then the judge can decide on the punishment.

jury


200

People on the _______________ make decisions and solve problems for the community's schools like choosing teachers and deciding if money should be used to build new classrooms.

board of education or school board

300

This is doing work for the good of the community like building new houses built and reparing old buildings.

public service

300

The mayor of Ocean Township can ________ or choose people to do jobs for him in town like run the police and fire departments.

appoint

300

Give 2 examples of laws.

Answers will vary.

300

Something that is owned by the town that anyone can use like a park, street, and library is called _____________.

public property

300

The community government pays for ___________ where people can go and borrow books and do research.

libraries

400

This woman was named Chicago's most useful citizen.  She started Hull House.

Jane Addams

400

We say that our leaders have ____________ or the right to give orders and take charge.

authority

400
Why does the government make laws?
The government creates laws to keep order in the community and to keep people safe.
400
Something is that owned by certain citizens or groups of citizens like homes and farms are examples of __________.

private property

400

Communities have _____________ departments that take good care of the sports fields and organize summer camps for children in town.

recreation

500

Name something people could enjoy at Hull House.

playground, swimming pool, kindergarten

500
These are the people that live and belong in a community.

citizens

500

Sometimes people in the community have ____________ or disagreements that need to be worked out.

conflicts

500

This department makes sure that people have clean water to drink and the streets are plowed.

public works

500
This is money for the government paid by people in town that own land and buildings.  It pays for things like new technology in schools and new police cars.

property tax