What is a government?
A business that runs a city
A group of people and the rules they make for a community
A group of voters in a neighborhood
A group of teachers and principals
What are the three branches of the U.S. government?
Local, State, Federal
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Senate, House, Congress
Mayor, Governor, President
Who is the leader of the Executive Branch at the national level?
The Speaker of the House
The President
The Secretary of State
The Chief Justice
What is the job of the Legislative Branch?
To write and pass laws
To interpret and judge laws
To sign laws and carry them out
To enforce rules in cities
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
To lead national meetings
To create and vote on laws
To approve the President's decisions
To make sure laws are fair and constitutional
Who is part of the Judicial Branch?
President and Vice President
Governors and Mayors
Supreme Court Judges
Senators and Representatives
What does the President do with a bill from Congress?
Gives it to the public
Delivers it to the Senate
Signs or vetoes it
Sends it back to court
What is a veto?
When a judge disagrees with Congress
When the court changes the law
When Congress rewrites a bill
When the President says “no” to a bill
What group makes the laws in our country?
The Governors
The Cabinet
The Supreme Court
Congress
Who cares about/uses the Constitution the most?
Judicial Branch
Local Government
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Who leads a city or town?
Mayor
Council Member
Governor
State Senator
Who leads a state?
President
Governor
Mayor
House Representative
Who is in charge of the country?
President
Mayor
Senator
Governor
What does sovereign mean?
Having the highest power and being self-governing
Following another country’s rules
Belonging to a community
Being elected to a council
What is a treaty?
A contract between nations
A law passed by Congress
A rule written by a governor
A local agreement between mayors
What does it mean to cede land?
To build houses on it
To plant crops on it
To defend it
To give it up
