Vocabulary
The reason U.S. is considered a salad bowl.
What is we are all mixed together in one place but you can still see the blatant differences between cultures?
Some services that are provided by the local government.
What is
Police/fire protection
Public utilities
Transportation
Social services
Recreational Activities
The two houses in the North Carolina Legislature.
What is Senate & House of Representatives?
Democrat and Republican
What are the 2 political parties in government?
All three levels of government receive taxes.
What is yes?
Rule of law is.
What is a law that applies to everyone in the country?
The title of the city-level executive leader.
What is mayor?
The jobs of the two houses in the North Carolina Legislature.
What is to create & establish new state laws?
Democracy
What is the kind of government system do we have?
Two branches of goverment do all three levels of government have.
What is Legislative and Executive?
The meaning of "Proportional States".
What is a state where, during presidential elections, one vote goes to the candidate who received the least amount of votes from that state and the other 2 electoral votes go towards the candidate who overall got the most votes?
The local government's biggest source of income.
What is property taxes?
The name of the powers that the states get to keep from the federal government according to the constitution.
What are reserved powers?
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service or USCIS
What is the department in our federal government that deals with lawful immigration called?
All government systems affect citizens.
What is true?
Federalism is.
What is the division of a central and state government where the central government has the most power?
The name of town laws.
What are ordinances?
The reason North Carolina government considered a "split the vote" government.
What is whichever the political party the Governor is, the General Assembly with usually be the majority of the opposite party?
We have a general election where citizens vote for president and vice president. Then we have an Electoral College that uses the winner takes all system.
How do presidential elections work? What are the processes?
All of the levels of government tax citizens.
What is yes?
A travel document issued by the country a person is traveling to that grants entry to that country.
What is a green card?
Mecklenburg County’s legislative branch.
What is the board of county commissioners
The 4 major courts in the North Carolina court system.
What are
District courts
Superior Courts
Court of Appeals
NC Supreme court
The name of the special power that allows the Senate to approve presidential appointments.
What is Advice and Consent
All levels of government give money to citizens.
What is true?