Terms to use with government understanding
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. government
A. The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
2. local
B. The status of a ___ with rights and duties
3. provincial
C. Persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act
4. federal
D. Persons who make or amend or repeal laws
5. democracy
E. The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
6. citizenship
F. A country person
7. legislature
G. A vote to select the winner of a position or political office
8. prime minister
H. The head of a city government
9. premier
I. A citizen who has a legal right to vote (plural)
10. mayor
J. Government in which people vote for their leaders
11. cabinet
K. Public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
12. election
L. A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
13. majority
M. The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
14. minority
N. The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts
15. electors
O. Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
16. riding
P. People who make and enforce a country's laws
17. county
Q. An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
18. right
R. Travel by being carried on horseback
19. responsibility
S. A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War