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Compare how different countries choose leaders, make decisions, and keep people safe.
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In a democracy, who has the power to choose the country's leaders?

In a monarchy, how does a new king or queen usually come to power?

What happens during an election?
In a democracy, citizens can vote to replace a leader they think is doing a poor job.
People in one country vote for their lawmakers. In another, one family rules and nobody votes. What is the main difference?
In some countries a king or queen is the head of state while elected lawmakers make the laws.
In a representative democracy, who makes most of the laws?
Citizens of a small town gather and vote themselves on every new rule. What kind of democracy is this?

Why do governments make laws?
Every country in the world lets its citizens vote for their leaders.
In many countries, who decides what a law means when people disagree about it?

What is one job police officers do in a community?

What are taxes?
What is one thing a government usually pays for with tax money?

In a democracy, one person's vote counts the same as any other person's vote.
Why are votes usually kept secret in an election?

What do we call a person who is running for office in an election?
In many democracies a leader serves for a set number of years. What happens when that time ends?
In some governments, citizens are punished for saying in public that the leader is wrong.
In a democracy, what is one right citizens usually have?
Obeying the law is an example of what?
What does civic participation mean?
A group of neighbors meets to ask their government to fix a broken park. This action is an example of ___.

Only the leaders of a country have to obey its laws.
What does it mean to say a law treats people equally?
What is a written plan that lists how a government works and what rights people have called?
In a vote, what does majority rule mean?
After a fair election, what does the leader who loses usually do?
Some public officials are appointed. What does appointed mean?
Many countries have a capital city where their national government meets.
In a country where one person holds all the power, how are big decisions usually made?
How does a democracy usually settle a disagreement about what to do?

Two countries both have laws, but only one lets citizens choose the lawmakers. What is that country's system called?
In some countries, citizens serve on a jury. What does a jury do?

What is one way a citizen can share an opinion with the government between elections?

Keeping order so people can live and work safely is one job of a government.
A country is led by a queen who inherited her power from her mother. What kind of government is this?
Why do many governments have both a written set of rules and courts?
Citizens in different countries have different amounts of say in their government.
What is one thing that is true of almost every country's government?
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