Government Vocabulary 2023

Having to do with citizens or citizenship

• Representative Decomcracy
• Civics
• Rights
• Rules

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

• Representative Democracy
• Local Government
• Common Good
• Law

Guidelines for how people should behave

• Laws
• Civics
• Rights
• Rules

Central government of the United States

• Representative Democracy
• Federal Government
• State Government
• Local Government

Rules created by the government that citizens must obey

• Rules
• Laws
• Rights
• Civics

The branch of government that makes laws.

• Federal Government
• Judicial Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch

Something the government protects

• Rules
• Laws
• Rights
• Civics

Government responsible for matters not handled by the federal government.

• Federal Government
• State Government
• Local Government
• Representative Democracy

The benefit or interests of everyone in a group or community

• Common Good
• Rules
• Laws
• Rights

To do something by choice

• Vote
• Rights
• Volunteer/Voluntarily
• Common Good