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3rd Government Voc
Georgia 3rd grade Government Vocabulary words
Question | Answer |
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a person who represents his or her government in another country | ambassador |
the building where leaders of government meet to make laws | capital |
rights that country protect for their citizens | civil rights |
a person who runs a government, such as, a county, or a government department | commissioner |
basic laws and ideas that a government and its people follow | constitution |
a group of officials who make rules or laws | council |
a place where questions about the law are answered | court |
a government is which the people choose their leaders and govern themselves | democracy |
a government in which citizens meet to govern themselves | direct democracy |
the process by which citizens vote for people to represent them | elections |
the part of national government headed by the president that carries out laws | executive branch |
an organization that makes laws and keeps order | government |
the person elected as head of a state | governor |
freedom | independence |
the part of government that decides what laws mean and whether laws obey the Constitution | judicial branch |
a rule that tells people how to behave in their communities | law |
the lawmaking body of state or national government | legislative branch |
the leader of a city's government | mayor |
the chief executive of the United States | President |
a government in which citizens choose others to represent them | representative democracy |
a freedom | right |
power divided between the three branches of government | separation of powers |
a fee citizens and others play to local, state, or national government | tax |
to make an official choice | vote |