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| globe | a 3 demensional sphere that represents a planet |
| longitude | lines that cross the globe from north to south |
| latitude | lines that cross the globe from east to west |
| Prime Meridian | is a line of longitude that passes through greenwich, England |
| Equator | a line of latitude that circles the globe exactly half way between the norht and the south poles |
| Greece | a country in Europe |
| Athens | a city in Greece where both the Olympics and democracy were created |
| Parthenon | a temple in Athens, Greece that many of the government buildings in the United States are modeled after. |
| Democracy | a government where the people chose their leaders and govern themselves |
| Direct Democracy | is a government where citizens meet to govern themselves |
| Representative Democracy | is a government in which citizens choose otheres to represent them. |
| Excutive Branch | part of the national Government headed by the president |
| Judicial Branch | the part of the governemtn that decides what laws mean and if the laws obey the Constitution |
| Legislative Branch | the law making body of the state or national goverment |
| Election | the process by which citizens vote for people to represent them |
| vote | how to make an official choice |
| citizen | an official member of a community, state, or country |
| president | the chief executive of the United States |
| Governor | the person elected as head of the state |
| Mayor | the leader of a city's government |
