Citizenship & Government Flashcards
1
Q
Freedoms protected by the government
Ex: life
A
Rights
2
Q
A duty or something you should do
A
Responsibility
3
Q
Guidelines for how people should act or behave
Ex: driving
Can change-pool, school
A
Rules
4
Q
Important rules written and carried out by government
Ex: same everywhere
A
Laws
5
Q
A place where people live, work, and play
A
Community
6
Q
A group of people who make laws, carries out laws, and decides if laws have been broken
A
Government
7
Q
A member of a community
A
Citizen
8
Q
Something that you own
A
Property
9
Q
To choose
A
Vote
10
Q
A type of government where officials are elected to represent a group of people.
A
Representative democracy
