These are the 3 branches of the National Government.
What is the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branch?
100
This money is paid by citizens to go to state government.
What is taxes?
100
Money that goes to pay the local government for services.
What are taxes?
100
This is the right that every citizen has in a democracy.
What is the right to vote?
200
Where are national government capital is located.
What is Washington D.C.?
200
This branch's job is to interpret laws and decide if laws follow the Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
200
This is where our state capital is located.
What is Augusta?
200
This is the location of our local government.
What is Brewer?
200
This is the type of democracy that the United States has?
What is representative democracy?
300
These two "houses" make up Congress or the Legislative branch.
What is the House of Representatives and Senate?
300
This person is the head of the Executive branch.
What is the President?
300
This is the person who is in charge of the community and helps run the local government.
What is the mayor?
300
This is the type of democracy where every citizen must vote on all issues and leaders of the government.
What is a direct democracy?
400
This is the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
400
This is the main job of the Legislative branch.
What is makes laws?
400
This is the person who is in charge of the State Government.
What is Governor?
400
This group of people are in charge of making and voting on local laws.
What is City Council?
400
This was the city which stated democracy within government.
What is Athens, Greece?
500
The founding fathers did not want anyone person or group of people having all of the power. This is why we have three branches of government and checks and balances on those branches.
What is separation of powers?
500
This is what the President can do if he feels does not believe a law is fair and does not want to sign it.
What is a veto?
500
These are the 3 basic services that the state government provides to citizens.
What is building state roads, universities, and sheriffs?
500
These are the 4 basic services that local governments provide its citizens.
What is libraries, police, firefighters, and schools?
500
These were the citizens who could not vote in Athens, Greece.
What are women, slaves, and other people who came from other places?