Government Word Search
Government has a vocabulary that civics classes use every week. The Constitution divides the federal government into three branches, so no single part holds all the power.
Government word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- citizen
- city hall
- court
- election
- judge
- law
- mayor
- senate
- taxes
- vote
Government word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- ballot
- citizen
- city hall
- congress
- court
- democracy
- election
- governor
- judge
- law
- mayor
- president
- senate
- taxes
- vote
Government word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- amendment
- ballot
- campaign
- candidate
- citizen
- city hall
- congress
- constitution
- council
- court
- democracy
- election
- governor
- judge
- law
- mayor
- president
- senate
- taxes
- vote
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Words in the Government word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- vote
- A choice you make to help decide an election result.
- law
- A rule made by government that everyone must follow.
- mayor
- The elected leader of a city or town government.
- judge
- Official who runs a courtroom and decides legal questions.
- taxes
- Money people pay government to fund schools, roads and services.
- court
- Place where legal cases are heard and decided.
- city hall
- Building where the local city government does its work.
- senate
- Smaller chamber of Congress, with two members per state.
- citizen
- A person who legally belongs to a country.
- election
- An event where people vote to choose their leaders.
- congress
- The United States lawmaking body, House and Senate together.
- governor
- The elected leader of a state government.
- president
- The head of the United States federal government.
- democracy
- A system where citizens choose their leaders by voting.
- ballot
- The paper or screen where you mark your vote.
- candidate
- A person running for an elected office.
- campaign
- The work a candidate does to win an election.
- council
- Group of elected members who make local rules.
- constitution
- The founding document setting out how a government works.
- amendment
- A formal change or addition to a constitution.
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