Community
Government
Vocabulary
100

What is a community?

a) a place where people go on vacation

b) a place where people live and work

c) a place where people are born

b) a place where people live and work

100

A mayor is a leader of a _____________.

a) country

b) state

c) town or city

c) town or city

100

Volunteers are people_____________.

a) who freely offer to help the community.

b) who are paid to help the community.

c) who go shopping.

a) who freely offer to help the community

200

Citizens must ______________to elect their next mayor.

a) vote

b) pay money

c) pick out of a hat

a) vote

200

Citizens must _________ to elect their next mayor.

a) pick out of a hat

b) vote

c) pay money

b) vote

200

A right is _______________.

a) something you have to do.

b) something you hope to do.

c) something you are free to do.

c.) something you are free to do.

300

Who are community helpers?

a) doctors

b) teachers

c) mechanics

d) all of the above

d) all of the above

300

The money the citizens pay to the government is called____________.

a) the lottery

b) taxes

c) cash 

b) taxes

300
The money that citizens pay to the government is called________________.


a) the lottery

b)cash

c) taxes

c) taxes

400

Who is a volunteer?

a) someone who helps the community and is not paid for it.

b) someone who helps the community and is paid for it.

c) someone who goes shopping.

a) someone who helps the community and is not paid for it.
400

What are the jobs of the government?

a) to keep its citizens safe

b) to plan ways to make the community a nice place to live

c) to tell citizens what's going on in the community

d) all of the above

d) all of the above

400

Citizens are______________.

a) people in a community.

b) children at a park.

c) flowers in a playground.

a) people in a community.

500

A responsibility is something____________. 

a) you are free to do

b) you must do

c) you hope to do

b) you must do

500

Taxes help pay for:

a) dentists to clean people's teeth

b) roads and highways

c) painters to paint houses

b) roads and highways

500

The government is ________________.

a) a group who works at the library.

b) a group that works to keep citizens safe and makes laws.

c) a group that goes shopping

b) a group that works to keep citizens safe and makes laws.