This document defines key political, economic, and social terms related to government and civic participation. It provides definitions for ballot, budget, campaign, congressman, election, government, party, president, voter, taxes, education, and unemployment. It also defines related terms like pollution, health insurance, public transportation, and poverty line.

2. Ballot
The piece of paper on
which somebody marks
who they are voting for.

3.  Budget:
the money that is
available to a person or
an organization and a
plan of how it will be
spent over a period of
time.

4.  Campaign: a series of
planned activities that
are intended to achieve
a particular social,
commercial or political
aim

5.  Congress: a large formal
meeting or series of
meetings where
representatives from
different groups discuss
ideas, make decisions,
etc.

6.  Congressman:
a person who works in
the congress in order to
make suggestions to
improve the country’s
development-

7.  Election:
the process of choosing a
person or a group of
people for a position,
especially a political
position, by voting.

8.  Government:
the group of people who
are responsible for
controlling a country or
a state.

9.  To govern: to legally
control a country or its
people and be
responsible for
introducing new laws,
organizing public
services, etc.

10.  Party: a political
organization that you
can vote for in elections
and whose members
have the same aims and
ideas.

11.  Poll:
the process of
questioning people who
are representative of a
larger group in order to
get information about
the general opinion

12.  President:
the leader of a republic.

13.  To elect:
to choose somebody to
do a particular job by
voting for them.

14.  To vote: to show
formally by marking a
paper or raising your
hand which person you
want to win an election,
or which plan or idea
you support.

15.  To run for president:
Wanting to represent
the country.

16.  Voter:
a person who votes or
has the right to vote,
especially in a political
election.

17.  Pollution:
the process of making
air, water, soil, etc. dirty;
the state of being dirty.

18.  Air pollution:
to pollute the air.

19.  Water pollution:
to pollute the water.

20.  Earth Pollution:
to pollute the earth.

21.  Factories: a
building or group
of buildings where
goods are made.

22.  Animal rights:
the rights that protect
the animal from any
damage.

23.  Crime:
activities that involve
breaking the law.

24.  Corruption:
dishonest or illegal
behaviour, especially of
people in authority.

25.  To decrease: to become
or make something
become smaller in size,
number, etc.

26.  Health insurance:
special arrangement with
a government program
which pays your expenses
related to health.

27.  Employee:
a worker in a specific
company or in a
government program.

28.  Employer:
the person who hires
and, sometimes, is in
charge to watch one’s
development at work.

29.  Taxes:
money that you have to
pay to the government so
that it can pay for public
services. People pay tax
according to their income
and businesses pay tax
according to their profits.
Tax is also often paid on
goods and services.

30.  Medicare
special insurance
developed to help old
people.

31.  Social Insurance
program: Special
program created to
support people who
need to.

32.  Public transportacion:
the system of buses,
trains, etc. provided for
people to travel from
one place to another.

33.  Education:
a process of teaching,
training and learning,
especially in schools or
colleges, to improve
knowledge and develop
skills.

34.  Job opportunities:
The chances that
a person has to find
a job.

35.  Tuition:
the money that you pay
to be taught, especially
in a college or
university.

36.  Street Lighting:
The set of lights placed
on the streets of the
cities and towns.

37. Traffic lights:
a signal that controls
the traffic on a road, by
means of red, orange
and green lights that
show when you must
stop and when you can
go.

38.  Pothole:
a large rough hole in
the surface of a road that
is formed by traffic and
bad weather.

39.  Pedestrian crossing:
a part of a road where
vehicles must stop to
allow people to cross.

40.  To reduce:
to make something less
or smaller in size,
quantity, price, etc.

41.  Unemployment:
the fact of a number of
people not having a job;
the number of people
without a job.

42.  Poverty line:
the official level of
income that is necessary
to be able to buy the
basic things you need
such as food and clothes
and to pay for
somewhere to live.