Social Studies Chapter 4

What is a group of people that make laws at the LOCAL level?

• council

• Cabinet

• representative

Freedom means _____________.

• July party

• liberty

• democracy

Which branch of the government is made up of the courts and judges?

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

What is it called when the president rejects a bill?

• veto

• deny

• liberty

What type of government is run by the citizens?

• executive

• democracy

• judicial

True or False: All three levels of government have an executive, legislative and judicial branch.

• True

• False

Which branch of the government has the most power?

• judicial

• executive

• They all have the same amount of power

Who is the head of the executive branch at the local level of government?

• governor

• president

• mayor

How does a person usually become a leader in the government?

• The legislative branch chooses them

• A king or queen appoints them

• The citizens vote for them

What was written because the colonists wanted freedom from British rule?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights