Social Studies Unit 6 Assessment - Local Government

A _______ is a group of people who work together to run a community, state or country. Page 283

• government

• police department

• laws

• judges

Who is a person that belongs to a place?

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• teacher

• police

• citizen

• community

A ______ is something you may do.

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• responsibility

• right

• law

A ______ is something you should do.

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• responsibility

• right

• taxes

What does the word government mean?

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• a person who belongs to a place, such as a state

• a group of people who make and carry our laws

• a leader of a community, state, or country

• something that people do for others

What is something that everyone must follow?

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• right

• law

• responsibility

Who stops people from breaking the law?

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• fire department

• judges

• citizens

• police department

Why do we have laws?

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• to keep people safe

• people do what they want

• to run red lights

Who helps decide what to do when people break laws?

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• citizens

• government

• schools

• judges