Civics and Government Vocabulary

Representative democracy

• a system of government in which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them. A perfect example is the U.S., where we elect a president and members of the Congress. We also elect local and state officials.

• the power lies in the citizens who vote on a president, not a king

• the document that was written to establish our branches and levels of government

• power divided among the government so that no branch can be too powerful

Republic

• the power lies in the citizens who vote on a president, not a king

• the document that was written to establish our branches and levels of government

• power divided among the government so that no branch can be too powerful

• creates laws, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives

Constitution

• the document that was written to establish our branches and levels of government

• power divided among the government so that no branch can be too powerful

• creates laws, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives

• head of the legislative branch at the federal level, makes laws for the USA

Separation of Power

• power divided among the government so that no branch can be too powerful

• creates laws, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives

• head of the legislative branch at the federal level, makes laws for the USA

• enforces laws and makes sure they are obeyed

Legislative Branch

• creates laws, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives

• head of the legislative branch at the federal level, makes laws for the USA

• enforces laws and makes sure they are obeyed

• head of the executive branch at the federal level, commands the military

Congress

• head of the legislative branch at the federal level, makes laws for the USA

• enforces laws and makes sure they are obeyed

• head of the executive branch at the federal level, commands the military

• President of the USA

Executive Branch

• enforces laws and makes sure they are obeyed

• head of the executive branch at the federal level, commands the military

• President of the USA

• interprets laws, Supreme Court and other federal courts

President

• head of the executive branch at the federal level, commands the military

• President of the USA

• interprets laws, Supreme Court and other federal courts

• the highest court in the USA, makes sure that laws are constitutional

Donald Trump

• President of the USA

• interprets laws, Supreme Court and other federal courts

• the highest court in the USA, makes sure that laws are constitutional

• makes laws for the citizens of Georgia

Judicial Branch

• interprets laws, Supreme Court and other federal courts

• the highest court in the USA, makes sure that laws are constitutional

• makes laws for the citizens of Georgia

• head of the executive branch at the state level