1. 3 rd Grade Government Vocabulary Service Provider administering ITBS.

2. Vocabulary in 3 rd Grade Government Unit House of RepresentativesMayor City CouncilSenate ConstitutionLaws GovernmentCongress Supreme CourtGovernor General AssemblyPresident Executive BranchJudicial Branch Legislative Branch

3. What do we call the group of people who rule a country, state or city? __________________________________________

4. Government

5. Who is the person in charge of a country’s government? ________________________

6. President

7. What do we call the written document that outlines all of the rules of the USA? ____________________________

8. Constitution

9. What do we call the government body of the U.S. that makes laws and is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate? __________________________________

10. Congress

11. What do we call the part of the U.S. Congress that is made up of elected people from each state and is based upon how many people live in the state? _________________________________________

12. House of Representatives

13. What do we call the part of the U.S. Congress that is made up of two elected people from each state? ______________________

14. Senate

15. What do we call the highest and most powerful court in the U.S.A.? ____________________________________________

16. Supreme Court

17. What do we call the person in charge of a state’s government? ________________________________

18. Governor

19. What do we call the people elected to help make laws for the state of Georgia? _______________________________

20. General Assembly

21. What do we call the person elected to be in charge of a city’s government? _______________________

22. Mayor

23. What do we call the group of people in charge of running a local government? ___________________________________

24. City Council

25. What do we call the rules of a place? ________________________

26. Laws

27. What do we call the branch of government that makes the laws and is made up of senators and representatives? ________________________

28. Legislative Branch

29. What do we call the branch of government that interprets the laws and is made up of judges? ________________________

30. Judicial Branch

31. What do we call the branch of government that enforces the laws and has the power to veto laws? ________________________

32. Executive Branch