Vocabulary
City Govt
County Govt
Towns/Township
Potpourri
100
This vocabulary word means a large city and its suburbs.
What is a metropolitan area?
100
This body of government creates local governments.
What is the state?
100
These are the two states that are not divided into "counties."
What are Connecticut and Rhode Island?
100
This is the smallest division of government in New England.
What is a town?
100
This is the order of government division from largest to smallest starting with Country.
What is country, state, county, city, town/township/village?
200
This is the vocabulary word that means the largest territorial and political subdivision of a state.
What is a county?
200
This is a city or a town that has corporate status as an incorporated local government.
What is a municipality?
200
This is what a town is called that has the courthouse.
What is the county seat?
200
This is the smallest division of government in the Midwest.
What is a township?
200
This is Greeley County's Sheriff.
Who is David Weeks?
300
This is the vocabulary word that means cities are allowed to write their own charters, choose their own type of government, and manage their own affairs.
What is home rule?
300
This is one thing a city must do to qualify for municipality status.
What is have a certain population or submit a petition signed by the residents?
300
These are 3 functions that the county serves for the people.
What is provide water, sewer, and sanitation services; offers public health, police departments, courthouses, hospitals, administers elections, mass transit systems, and trains EMS squads?
300
This is the direct participation of the people in the legislative process; it is only used in New England.
What is direct democracy?
300
This state has divisions that are called boroughs.
What is Alaska?
400
This vocabulary word means a law, usually of a city or county.
What is an ordinance?
400
These are 5 things/services that a city provides for its citizens.
What is law enforcement, fire protection, street repair, snow removal, water and sewage system, garbage pickup, and parks and recreation?
400
This is the county official who is in charge of administering elections.
Who is the county clerk?
400
This type of division may exist in very small towns or in small areas in metropolitan areas.
What is a village?
400
This state has divisions called parishes.
What is Louisiana?
500
This vocabulary word means to receive a state charter which officially recognizes the government of a locality.
What is incorporate?
500
These are the major characteristics of the mayor-council form.
What is mayor is the chief executive, voters elect the mayor and city council, power is divided between the legislative and executive branch, mayor leads the majority of government functions, council passes ordinances, and cities are divided into wars?
500
This is the county official who maintains public records.
Who is the Register of Deeds?
500
Townships were originally set up to have a territory that is this large.
What is 6 mi x 6 mi?
500
These are the 2 forms of county government in Nebraska.
What is Township and Commissioner?
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