JA- Making Decisions

All people in a community are paid the same amount of money

• True

• False

Who pays workers who help the community, like firefighters, school principals, or mayors?

• The workers themselves
• Private companies or individuals
• Government

• Volunteers from the community

Where does the money come from to pay goverment workers?

• Donations from other countries
• Borrowing from the World Bank
• Taxes

• Money printing by the government

What are taxes?

• Voluntary donations to the government
• Gifts given to the government
• Optional financial charges imposed by the government
• money people and businesses pay for government goods and services

What government services might you services in your community

• road construction

• parks

• libraries

• Schools

What is government?

• A type of clothing
• A type of fruit
• a group of people who manages our cities, states, and nation

• A type of animal

What are some skills a mayor or leader might need?

• solving problems and learning from mistakes

• Singing and dancing
• Juggling and magic tricks
• Cooking and baking

Workers are paid by the businesses they work for.

• true

• false

firefighters and police officers are paid by the government.

• true

• false

The community government is responsible for providing services to benefit the community.

• true

• false