Government Vocabulary

The government for our whole country is called...

• federal government

• state government

• local government

• Michigan government

This document describes the highest law for our country and how the government is organized.

• Preamble

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Social Contract

The introduction to our Constitution that gives the purpose of government...

• Bill of Rights

• Preamble

• Constitution

• laws

_____ sovereignty is the idea that a government is created by the people and ruled by the people.

• Common

• Law

• Popular

• Constitutional

Limited government means

• the things that people believe in that unite the country.

• the people who helped establish our government.

• a government where people choose their elected leaders.

• the government can only do what the people give it power to do.

A republic is governed by....

• a king or queen

• the richest people

• elected representatives and an elected leader

• a monarch

The common good means doing what is best for a small group of people.

• True

• False

Rule of law means

• everyone has to obey the laws even those in government.

• elected officials do not have to follow the laws.

• the richest people do not have to follow the laws.

• only adults have to obey the laws.

The levels of government are...

• federal, Michigan, and state

• community, state, and local

• federal, state, and local

• legislative, local, and state

Reserved powers are powers not given to which level of government?

• federal

• state

• local