Unit 11- Vocabulary

What does the word government mean?

• a person who guides other people and makes decisions

• a group of people who make laws and important decisions

• a type of government in which people vote for leaders and have a say

What does the word democracy mean?

• a person who guides other people and makes decisions

• a group of people who make laws and important decisions

• a type of government in which people vote for leaders and have a say

What does the word leader mean?

• a person who guides other people and makes decisions

• a group of people who make laws and important decisions

• a type of government in which people vote for leaders and have a say

What does the word agency mean?

• a group that provides a service

• a rule made by the government that tells people what they can or cannot do

• a person people choose to be in charge of a country

What does the president do?

• a group that provides a service

• a rule made by the government that tells people what they can or cannot do

• a person people choose to be in charge of a country

What is a law?

• a group that provides a service

• a rule made by the government that tells people what they can or cannot do

• a person people choose to be in charge of a country

What is a right?

• something that needs a way to make it better

• something that allows a person to have, get or do things

• a person who is in charge of a school

What is a problem?

• something that needs a way to make it better

• something that allows a person to have, get or do things

• a person who is in charge of a school

What does the principal do?

• something that needs a way to make it better

• something that allows a person to have, get or do things

• a person who is in charge of a school

What does the mayor do?

• a person who is in charge of a city or town

• the leader of a state that carries out laws

• a person who decides if laws are fair and if people follow them