U.S. Government Leaders
Who is the leader of the entire United States?
Who is the President?
Trash pickup and local police are usually handled by this level of government.
What is local government?
In which system do people directly elect the head of government?
What is the presidential system?
Rule by the people, usually through voting.
What is democracy?
The U.S. Congress has two parts. Name them.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This person is like the "President" of a state.
Who is the Governor?
This level of government makes laws for an entire state.
What is the state government?
In which system is the Prime Minister chosen by the legislature?
What is the parliamentary system?
A government with one ruler, like a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
Who makes sure laws follow the U.S. Constitution?
What is the Supreme Court?
Who leads a city and works with a city council?
Who is the Mayor?
Only this level of government can make treaties with other countries.
What is the federal/national government?
What do the U.S. and the U.K. each use: Presidential or Parliamentary?
U.S. = Presidential, U.K. = Parliamentary
A government ruled by one person with total power, often by force.
What is a dictatorship?
The Supreme Law of the United States.
What is the Constitution?
Who is second-in-command of the U.S. and takes over if the President can’t serve?
Who is the Vice President?
What do we call the group of lawmakers in a city?
What is the city council?
Which system usually has a stronger separation between the executive and legislative branches?
What is the presidential system?
A government where religion and politics are closely tied together.
What is a theocracy?
The U.S. government is divided into three branches. Name them.
What are executive, legislative, and judicial?
The President has advisors in charge of different departments, like Defense and Education. What are they called?
What is the Cabinet?
Which level(s) of government controls public schools?
What is local and state government?
In a parliamentary system, if the Prime Minister loses support of parliament, what often happens?
A new election is called.
When power is shared between a central government and state governments (like in the U.S.), what is this system called?
What is federalism?
What kind of democracy does the U.S. have: direct or representative?
What is a representative democracy (or republic)?