| A | B |
| Local Government | city government |
| Mayor | the leader of a city |
| city council | the people who make plans for the city |
| public | a place open to all people |
| private | a place for certain people or a group of people |
| tax | money that people pay to the government |
| county | an area within a state that has its own government |
| certificate | a document that gives information or proves something |
| candidate | a person who wants to be elected into government |
| Governor | the one who is in charge of the state government |
| legislature | the group that makes state laws |
| citizen | official member of a county, state, or community |
| president | a person who is the head of the government of the United States |
| Supreme Court | the court that the president elects |
| congress | they make laws for the United States |