| A | B |
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| democracy | government where citizens decide what the officials can do- "power to the people" |
| citizens | people who are born in a country, or who choose to become a member of a country |
| three branches of government | executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch |
| executive branch | makes sure that laws are followed, the president is the head of the branch |
| legislative branch | makes laws, Congress makes up this branch |
| judicial branch | makes sure that laws are fair to all people |
| Cabinet | presidential appointees that advise the president in different areas |
| Congress | made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| governor | head of the state government |
| mayor | the person at the head of city government |
| council | group of people in a town/city who make laws |
| elect | choose by voting |
| justice | a judge of the U.S. Supreme Court |
