| A | B |
|---|
| president | leader of our country |
| White House | where our country's leader lives |
| vote | what people do to choose a leader |
| monument | a building or statue that honors a person |
| government | a group of people in charge of running a country, state, city, or community |
| Congress | a group of people that make the laws for our country |
| museum | a place that people visit to see interesting things |
| tax | money that people pay to the government |
| Board of Supervisors | Loudoun County's law makers |
| State Legislature | Virginia's law makers |
| Senate and House of Representatives (Congress) | our country's law makers |
| F.B.I. | our country's law enforcement |
| Virginia State Police | enforces laws in our state |
| Loudoun County Sheriff's Dept. | enforces laws in our county |
| County Courts | decides if laws are broken in our county |
| Virginia Courts | decides if laws are broken in our state |
| Federal Courts | decides if laws are broken in our country |
| open voting | everyone can see what you vote for |
| secret ballot | no one knows what you vote for |
