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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
State Government
Local Government
What Power is it?
100
The chief executive of the state government
Who is the Governor?
100
A rule/law that governs a local community
What is an ordinance?
100
The governor in each state is in charge of that state's militia, this is called
What is the National Guard?
100
The chief executive at the local level
Who is the mayor?
100
Setting up local governments
What is the state?
200
Two-house legislature
What is bicameral?
200
Elected official who arrests lawbreakers and enforces county laws
What is a sheriff?
200
Nebraska is the only state with what type of legislature
What is unicameral?
200
The main purpose of local government
What is to provide services?
200
Public Utilities (water, sewage, etc.)
What is local?
300
Powers held by the state
What are reserved powers?
300
Legal document that establishes municipalities
What is charter?
300
The lowest level of the state court system
What is the District Court (Trial, County)
300
The largest type of municipality
What is a city?
300
Regulating trade between states
What is Federal?
400
Powers held by the federal government
What is delegated or enumerated powers?
400
Dividing the state into districts based on equal population
What is apportionment?
400
This person takes over for the Governor if something happens to the Governor of the state
Who is the Lt. Governor?
400
The smallest type of municipality in Florida
What is a village?
400
Collecting taxes
What is Federal (Income Tax), State (Income Tax), Local (Sales Tax, Property Tax,)?
500
Process by which citizens start legislation
What is an initiative?
500
Money given to state and local governments by the federal gov't to fund specific projects
What is grants-in-aid?
500
The governor's power to reject only one part of a bill
What is line-item-veto?
500
The lawmaking body under the mayor-council form of local government
What is the city council?
500
The power to deal with public education
What is state and local?