Understanding Elections
A Grade 4 worksheet to introduce students to the election process, including voting, candidates, and why elections are important.
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Understanding Elections
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Elections are how we choose our leaders and make decisions as a community.
1. What is the process called when people vote to choose their leaders?
A contest
An election
A game
A lottery
2. Who is a person running for office in an election called?
A judge
A voter
A candidate
A citizen
3. When you cast your vote, you are making a about who you want to lead.
4. A is a special paper or machine used to record your choices in an election.
5. Only adults are allowed to have opinions about who should be leaders.
True
False
6. Why is it important for people to vote in an election?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
7. In a , citizens have the power to choose their leaders.
8. Voting is one of the important of citizens in a country.