Unit 5 Lesson 3 - Social Studies - 3rd Grade

What group of people run the town?

• Local government

• Congress

• governor

• judicial branch

Who is head of local government?

• council

• mayor

• president

• governor

What is the group of people who make laws for a town called?

• board

• council

• government

• sovereign

What does sovereign mean?

• democracy

• republic

• self-governing

• Native American

______ is the people who run a town or a city.

Many towns and cities have a ________ as the head of local government.

The ________ is a group of people who make the laws for a community and is the legislative branch of local government.

_______ means independent or self-governing.