National Government
Branches of Government
State Government
Local Government
100
Names of the three branches of government.
What is Legislative, Judicial, and Executive?
100
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?
200
Where our country's capitol 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 St. Paul?
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
His name is Mark Dayton.
Who is the governor of Minnesota?
300
This is the person who is in charge of the community and helps run the local government.
What is the mayor?
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?
500
Our country believes in giving power to the people to vote for their leader. The United States is this type of government.
What is a democracy?
500
These are the 3 basic services that the state government provides to citizens.
What is building state roads, state parks, and Department of Public Safety?
500
These are the 4 basic services that local governments provide its citizens.
What is libraries, police, firefighters, and schools?