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| checks and balances | the separation of powers in a government |
| constitution | a set of rules for a government |
| democracy | a type of government where the people in the country hold the supreme power. |
| executive branch | carries out or enforces laws |
| General Assembly | the legislative branch at the state level |
| government | is the person or group of people who make rules and laws, enforce rules and laws, and decide if rules and laws have been broken. |
| governor | a person elected to be the leader of a US state |
| judicial branch | the branch of government that is responsible for justice, they interpret the law |
| jury | a group of citizens selected to decide the outcome of a trial. |
| law | an important rule written and carried out by the government |
| leader | someone who rules, guides, or inspires others. |
| legislative branch | the branch of government that makes laws. |
| local government | a government over a local area where leaders are elected by the people of a town or city |
| mayor | the elected leader of a city, town, or other muncipality |
| prime meridian | an imaginary line that runs around the middle of the earth and divides it into an eastern half and a western half |
| separation of powers | divides the power of United States government into three branches to make sure that no one branch has more power than the others |
| state government | shares its powers with the federal government |
| capital | the city where a state or country makes laws |
| city council | makes laws for a city |
| county | is apart of the state the includes several cities and towns |
| capitol | an office building where the government leaders who will represent them |
| president | the head of the executive branch of the United States |
| Supreme Court | the head of the judicial branch of our national government |
| congress | Has two parts. The House is made up of Representatives. Congress has two parts. It makes the laws at the national level. |
| veto | the power of the president to reject a law written by Congress. |
| national government | the center of the government of the United States operating in Washington, DC |
