Social Studies: Government

When people elect other people to run the government

• communism

• dictatorship

• electoral college

• democracy

Which means federal government?

• county

• local

• national

• state

Which man was not important when forming the new nation?

• Roger Sherman

• Gouverneur Morris

• James Madison

• Robert Fulton

• Ben Franklin

An idea for a law that hasn't been approved yet:

• act

• receipt

• bill

• rule

Our national government is located in:

• Washington D.C.

• New York

• Harrisburg

Who interprets the law at the local level?

• district justices

• police

• mayor

• Supreme Court

When two groups of lawmakers meet at the federal level, this is called:

• Commissioners

• Congress

• General Assembly

Match the words that best complete the statement.

• townships

• Communities smaller than cities:

• Attorney General

• People who run the townships are called:

• supervisors

• People who run the county government:

• commissioners

• More rural regions that border cities:

• boroughs

• Chief law officer of the state:

When a governor or President does not sign a bill into law:

• no law

• mandate

• veto

Match the following:

• search warrant

• The police have the right to check your house for items involved in a crime after they get this item:

• ordinances

• When two groups of state legislatures meet together:

• General Assembly

• Laws at the borough level are also called: