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Local Government
State Government
National Government
Vocabulary
Past and Future
100
It makes laws and provides service you use everyday
What does local government do?
100
What is the capitol.
What is the building called where leaders meet to make laws?
100
The Constitution
What document describes the role of each 3 branches of our nation's government?
100
Election
What is the process by which citizens vote for people to represent them?
100
BOTH
What is voting, a right or responsibility?
200
Community citizens and community businesses.
Who pays taxes to the local government? Name 2
200
True
Each state have its' own constitution. T/F
200
The executive branch
What branch approves or rejects laws made by Congress?
200
Tax
What is a fee citizens and others pay to the government?
200
that all men are created equal & independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of LIFE, & LIBERTY, & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS; ...
In the Declaration of Independence what are the famous rights we have as Americans?
300
Library, schools, and safety.
What are some of the local services paid for by taxes? Name 3
300
Lawmakers, Governor, judges
What are the three branches of STATE Government?
300
Judicial branch
What branch decides what the laws mean?
300
Point of view
What is the way a person thinks about an issue?
300
Income
What is the money people earn for work?
400
What is council and city manager.
Many cities have a mayor as the leader, what 2 additional types of leadership are possible?
400
The governor.
Who decides how the state will spend the tax money?
400
The legislature
What branch contains the Congress, which is both the House of Representatives and Senate?
400
"Old town"
What does the word Tallahasse mean in the Creek language?
400
Opportunity cost
What is the thing that people must give up in order to do what they most want?
500
What is a county
What is an area of the state that includes several communities?
500
Helena
What is the capital of Montana?
500
Bald eagle or American flag
What is a symbol of the United States of America?
500
Monument
What is a building or statue that helps people remember a person or event?
500
The study of land
What is "geography"