Government Review 20-21

Democracy where the people vote to elect leaders to represent them.

• Representative Democracy

• Local Government

• Common Good

• Law

Having to do with citizens or citizenship

• Representative Democracy

• Civics

• Rights

• Law

Guidelines for how people should behave

• Laws

• Civics

• Rights

• Rules

Rules created by the government that citizens must obey

• Rules

• Laws

• Rights

• Civics

Something the government protects

• Rules

• Laws

• Rights

• Civics

The benefit or interests of everyone in a group or community

• Rules

• Common Good

• Laws

• Rights

To do something by choice

• Common Good

• Rights

• Vote

• Volunteer/Voluntarily

Government responsible for matters affecting cities or towns.

• Federal Government

• Local Government

• Representative Democracy

A choice made by a particular person in an election

• Vote

• Rules

• Rights

• Laws

Who is able to carry out STATE laws, sign new state laws, and veto state laws? Hint: Leader of the STATE executive branch.

• senators

• state judges

• governor

• general assembly