Jeopardy game created by Kanessa Fain, Michael Forehand, and Christina Freeman

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Government Jeopardy

• Jeopardy game created by Kanessa Fain, Michael
  Forehand, and Christina Freeman

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Government
Our Leaders
Rules and Laws
Important Places
Citizenship
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True or False? In our nation, we have to follow
the rules of a king or queen.
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False
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A person who lives in a community, state, or
nation is called a ________.
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Citizen
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True or False? In our country, citizens can
choose leaders to represent them.
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True
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The type of government we have in the United
States is called a _____________.
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Democracy
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Where did democracy start?
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Athens, Greece
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The leader of our nation is called the
_____________.
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President
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The leader of our state is called
the _________________.
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Governor
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The leader of our city or community is called the
_____________.
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Mayor
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True or False? It is the Presidents job to
tell every one in the United States what to do.
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False
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True or False? It is the job of the mayor,
governor, and President to sign/enforce the laws
of our community, state, and nation.
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True
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• Johnny saw a girl fall down on the playground.
  What should he do?
• Laugh at her
• Call the police
• Help her
• Fall down too

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C. Help her
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Which describes the BEST way for Tammy to make
her community a better place to live? a. Playing
with her brothers and sisters b. Picking up trash
around the neighborhood c. Eating at the local
McDonalds everyday d. Throwing rocks at her
neighbors.
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b. Picking up trash around the neighborhood
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True or False? It is ok for citizens to express
their opinions about their community to leaders.
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True
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A person who improves his or her community by
helping for free is called a ____________.
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Volunteer
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• Which is a responsibility of adult American
  citizens?
• Voting
• Playing
• Working
• Talking

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A. Voting
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A _______ is something that all citizens must
follow.
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Law
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True or False? Laws are made to boss everyone in
the community around.
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False
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• If a citizen breaks a law, what will probably
  happen?
• Nothing
• The police will call their parents.
• The person will have to leave the United States.
• They will have to pay a fine or go to jail.

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d. They will have to pay a fine or go to jail.
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True or False? Rules and laws are made for
everyone to follow.
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True
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• Which best explains why we have rules and laws?
• To tell people what to do
• To make life boring
• To give leaders something to do
• To make a community, state, and nation a safe
  place to live.

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d. To make our community, state, and nation a
safe place to live
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This is the capital city of Georgia.
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Atlanta
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This is the capital city of the United States of
America.
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Washington, D.C.
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How many states are there in the United States of
America?
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50
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This is a picture of the capitol building of
____________. Clue The top is made out of
gold!
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Georgia
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This is the ______ building of the United States
of America. It is where our National leaders
meet and work.
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Capitol Building