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Unit 1- Our Democracy
Word Picture Definition
The art and science of designing an
Architecture constructing buildings and other
physical structures.

The capital and largest city of

Athens, Greece.
Greece

*
( 38 N, 23 E )

The building where leaders of

capitol government meet to make laws. (p
208)

citizen An official member of a community,

state, or country. (p. 8)
*
The legislative body that governs a
city council city.

*
A place where people live, work, and
community play together. (p. 6)

Congress is made up of the Senate

Congress and the House of Representatives

* But also is a group of people picked

by the 50 states to make challenging
decisions.
Constitution Basic law and ideas that a
* government and its people follow
(p. 74)
A group of officials who make local
council rules or laws.
(p. 202)
Courts in each county that deal with
county local issues, such as taxes, wills, an
court real estate.

The announcement of an idea.

declaration (p.101)

A government in which the people

democracy choose their leaders and govern
themselves.
* (p. 8)

A government in which citizens

direct meet to govern themselves.
democracy (p. 227)
The process by which citizens
election vote for people to represent
them.
* (p. 199)
A line of latitude that circles the
Equator globe exactly half way between
the North and South. (p. 250)
*

The part of national government

executive headed by the President.
branch (p. 219)

In State government, the House of

General Representatives and Senate
Assembly combined.
Georgias General Assembly is both
* houses of legislature.

A three-dimensional scale
globe model of Earth.

An organization that makes laws

government and keeps order.
(p. 72)

The person elected as head of

governor the state.
Gov. Nathan (p. 209)
Deal

*
 The part of the government that decides
judicial that laws mean and whether laws obey th
Constitution.
branch (p. 219)

*
A group of citizens chosen to decide
jury whether a law has been broken.
(p. 191)

Lines that cross the globe from

latitude east to west. (p.250)
*

A rule that tells people how to

law behave in their communities. (p.
8)

The lawmaking body of state or

legislative national government. (p. 218)
branch
*
Freedom.
liberty (p. 270)
*
 An administrative office that is small
local than the states.
government
The term is used to contrast with
Johns offices at nation-state level (central
government and national
Creek government)
*
Lines that cross the globe from
longitude north to south. (p. 250)
*

A set of straight lines that cross to form

map grid squares of equal size.
(p. 40)

The part of a map that explains any

map key symbols or colors on the map.
(p. 12)

Symbols that help to measure distances

map scale on a map.
(p. 166)
Information that tells what is shown
map title on a map.
(p. 12)
 The leader of a citys government.
mayor (p. 202)
Mayor Mike
Bodker *
The national (or US) government is
National
divided into three branches,
Government
legislative, executive, and judicial
an international event of summer and winter sports, in
which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety
Olympic of events.
Games The VERY first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC.
Happen every 4 years

*
Built in the 5th century, a temple of the Greek goddess
Athena who the Athenians believed was their protecto
Parthenon Or, an ancient Greek building that is now a museum in
Athens, Greece.
(Supreme Court
Building looks
like this)

A map that shows countries, states,

political map and cities.
(p. 216)

The chief executive of the United

President States.
President (p. 103)
Barak
Obama *
 A line of longitude that passes
Prime through Greenwich, England.
Meridian (p. 250)
*
A government in which citizens choose
representative others to represent them.
democracy (p. 228)

Power divided between the three

separation of branches of government.
powers (p. 220)

*
A government that only has power over a
State individual state because each state has
Government own problems.

*
A building that models the Parthenon in
U.S. Greece, that is home to the nine Suprem
Supreme Court Justices.
Court
Building
Vote To make an official choice. (p. 191)
*

Washington, The capital of the United States. It is

D.C. located on the Potomac River between
Virginia and Maryland.
(39 N , 77 W)