Government Key Terms Practice

 a group that runs a community, state, or nation

• branch

• government

• civic

• voting

anything relating to a community

• civic

• government

• branch

• voting

in government, a part of the government that is in charge of one thing, like lawmaking or courts

• civic

• government

• branch

• voting

a process in which people make a choice in order to change or decide something for a community

• government

• branch

• civic

• voting

the branch of government that performs and enforces the laws.  President at the national level and Governor at the state level

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

the branch of government that decides if laws are fair through courts

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

the branch of government that makes laws, also called Congress

• executive branch

• legislative branch

• judicial branch

a system of government in which citizens vote for the people in government

• democracy

• President

• Governor

• branch

 part of the executive branch of the national government; lives and works in the White House

• democracy

• President

• Governor

• branch

part of the executive branch of a state government; works in the state Capitol building

• democracy

• President

• Governor

• branch