Government Vocabulary

Head of government who holds a great deal of power and manages day-to-day activities.

• Chief Executive

• chancellor

• president

• prime minister

Enforces laws

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Olive Branch

Makes laws

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Olive Branch

• Executive Branch

Official representative of a nation with very little power.

• Head of State

• chancellor

• president

• prime minister

The branch of government that makes the laws

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

The branch of government that executes or carries out the laws

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

The branch of government that judges or interprets the laws

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

The laws and people that run a country, a state, cities, counties, or towns

• Judicial

• Government

• Congress

A group of people gathered together to meet

• Articles

• Amendment

• Assembly

A group of people in the Senate or House of Representatives who are elected to make laws

• Congress

• Constitution

• Confederation