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What does elect mean?
a) To choose someone for public office; voting
b) To collect things
c) To ignore
d) To reject

The president can appoint members of the judicial branch. What does appoint mean?
a) To eject
b) To name or assign someone to a public office
c) To put members name on a tree
d) To point to a judicial branch.

Which one is an example of equality?
a) Women getting paid less than men for the same job.
b) All the girls in the room getting a new computer and the boys have to write stuff out.
c) All people being treated equally
d) Having segregated school and buildings

What is patriotism?
a) A love for all things parrot related
b) A love for someone else's country
c) A love for the New England Patriot football team
d) A love for one’s country

Who is the current President of our Country
a) Barack Obama is the leader of our country’s government
b) Ms. Horne is the leader of our country’s government
c) Stephen King is the leader of our country’s government
d) Edgar Allan Poe is the leader of our country’s government

The mayor is__.
a) The leader in a school
b) The leader of a town or city
c) The leader of a state
d) The leader of our country

What is a vote?
a) A part of speech
b) How to solve a problem peacefully
c) A choice that gets counted
d) A choice that is not counted

A law is ___.
a) Meant to be broken
b) A suggestion
c) A description for how to make pie
d) A rule that everyone must follow

Which is an example of participation.
a) Refusing to do the class work your teacher asked of you.
b) Not talking in group discussions
c) Taking part in group activities
d) Raining outside

Police officers have to help enforce the laws. What does enforce mean?
a) To require/encourage others to follow the rules or laws
b) To end the force
c) To force people to buy them donuts
d) To help the law by flashing lights at everyone

A local government is____
a) A group of people who work together to run a city
b) A group of people who eat lunch together
c) A group of people who run a company
d) A group of people who run together

What is a state government?
a) A group of people who work together on Saturdays
b) A group of people who work together on puzzles
c) A group of people who run a local government
d) A group of people who work together to run a state

What is a federal government?
a) A group of people who run a local government
b) A group of people who work together to run a state
c) A group of people who work together to run a country
d) A group of people who run together

When you pay for something at a store you pay taxes. What are taxes?
a) Money that you earned
b) Money that is collected by a government
c) Money that goes into a savings account
d) Its the item that you buy

What is a ballot?
a) A type of dance
b) A type of dance shoe
c) A paper a voter uses to make their choice
d) It's a voter

What does the legislative branch do?
a) Describes the branch of government that makes laws
b) Describes a branch of government that carries out or enforces the laws
c) Describes the branch of government that makes sure laws are fair
d) Describes a tree branch

What does the executive branch do?
a) Describes the branch of government that makes laws
b) Describes a branch of government that carries out or enforces the laws
c) Describes the branch of government that makes sure laws are fair
d) Describes a tree branch

What does the judicial branch do?
a) Describes the branch of government that makes laws
b) Describes a branch of government that carries out or enforces the laws
c) Describes the branch of government that makes sure laws are fair
d) Describes a tree branch

A constitutional republic is__.
a) A form of government where people are ruled by leaders they elect
b) A form of government that is ruled by a King or Queen
c) A form of government that is ruled by a dictator
d) A form of government that has is ruled by a bird

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