US Government Intro Vocabulary

done together

• Mutually

• State

• Society

• Political Socialization

The parts that make up a government. Examples would be the different branches of government

• governmental institutions

• State

• Society

• Politics

Causing a marked change in someone or something.

• transformative

• state

• politics

• Explosion

a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.

• Society

• State

• Politics

• Government

the community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations.

• state

• society

• mutually

• Government

the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.

• State

• Society

• Politics

• Media

the process of learning how to think about the events that happen around you.

• Political Socialization

• Media

• Interest Groups

• Society

the main means of mass communication (Where you get your information about what is happening in the world. This could be snapchat, tiktok, television, the internet, radio, etc)

• Politics

• State

• Lobbyists

• media

a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern.

• Lobbyists

• Interest Groups

• Media

• Political Socialization

a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators (people who try to influence people in government, like the President or someone in Congress)

• Media

• Interest Groups

• Lobbyists

• State