Government Vocabulary

document

• a government of the people

• a rule that must be followed

• freedoms that people deserve

• a written or printed matter that is an official record

law

• a rule that must be followed

• the highest law of our country

• a form of government with a king of queen

• a first hand account of an event (interview, diary)

primary source

• freedoms that people deserve

• a firsthand account of an event (interview, diary)

• an article or report that is not a firsthand account

• a written or printed matter that is an official record

government

• a government by the people

• a form of government with a king or queen

• a choice that gets counted

• a group of people who work together to run a city, state, or country

vote

• a choice that gets counted

• a written or printed matter that is an official record

• a rule that must be followed

• the highest law of our country

Constitution

• a choice that gets counted

• an article or report that is not a firsthand account

• the highest law of our country

• a government by the people

monarchy

• a group of people who work together to run a city, state, or country

• a form of government with a king of queen

• a government by the people

• the highest law of our land

secondary source

• a first hand account of an event (interview, diary)

• a written or printed matter that is an official record

• an article or report that is not a firsthand account (textbook)

• a choice that gets counted

rights

• freedoms that people deserve

• a government by the people

• a choice that gets counted

• a law that must be followed

democracy

• a group of people who work together to run a city, state, or country

• a government by the people

• a form of government with a king or queen

• freedoms that people deserve