What is government?

What is a government?

• It is a new community.

• It is an organization to which people in a country can contribute.

• It is a new style of cooking goat meat.

• It is a group of people that tells others to break the laws.

Governments are established to ____.

• build homes for all the people in a country

• make laws for all the people in a country

• make sure everyone has a car

• get things done in the country

• buy food for all the people in the country

A government department called a ___.

• section

• group

• senator

• ministry

Which government department constructs and supplies hospitals and clinics?

• Ministry of Education

• Ministry of Works

• Ministry of Health

• Ministry of Finance

Which government department builds roads and docks?

• Ministry of Transport

• Ministry of Education

• Ministry of Works

• Ministry of Housing

Is there a branch of government that handles legal matters as in a court of law?

• Yes

• No

Why do persons have to appear before a court of law?

• They obey the all the laws.

• They have broken the law.

• They cannot read the law properly.

• They said bad things about the government.

What may happen to persons who are found guilty of breaking the law?

• They pay a fine.

• They are released.

• They are put in prison.

• They have .to walk the plank.

How many persons serve on a jury?

• 10

• 12

• 20

• 15

Which government department is responsible for building schools?

• Ministry of Transport

• Ministry of Health

• Ministry of Learning

• Ministry of Education