Vocabulary
State Government
County Government
Municipal Government
Elected Officials
100
The name for a less serious crime.
What is a misdemeanor?
100
The amount of Senatorial districts in West Virginia.
What is 17
100
This person presides over the county government.
Who is the County Commissioner?
100
This is the oldest form of municipal government.
What is the mayor/council?
100
This official serves as the county tax collector.
Who is the sheriff?
200
The name of the tax on the amount and volume of natural resources taken from Earth.
What is severance tax?
200
This person is chief executive of West Virginia
Who is the governor?
200
This county official is responsible for all county records.
Who is the County Clerk?
200
Provides fire and police services to unincorporated municipalities.
What is the county government?
200
He/she oversees the payment of the state's bills.
Who is the treasurer?
300
Another name for a serious crime like murder or robbery.
What is a felony?
300
The amount of delegates in West Virginia.
What is 100?
300
This county has more than one county commissioner.
What is Jefferson County?
300
The most popular form of municipal government.
What is the council/manager?
300
The chief state election officer.
Who is the Secretary of State?
400
The name of tax purchased on goods inside West Virginia.
What is sales tax?
400
The amount of people who serve on West Virginia's Supreme Court.
What is 5?
400
The last county to be formed in West Virginia.
What is Mingo County?
400
The amount of people who must live in a city for it to be a Class I city.
What is 50,000?
400
They determine the value of property in a county.
Who is the assessor?
500
The term used to describe a count on people every ten years.
What is a census?
500
The amount of terms someone can serve as governor of West Virginia.
What is no more than two consecutive terms?
500
The elected official who is responsible for pursuing legal action against wrongdoers in a county.
Who is the prosecuting attorney?
500
West Virginia's two Class I cities
Where is Charleston and Huntington?
500
This is the state's lawyer.
Who is the Attorney General?
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