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100
The major unit of local government.
What is the county?
100
This is a towns most basic laws, essentially it is the city/town's constitution.
What is a charter?
100
The growing number of people living in metropolitan areas is labeled. Vocabuary word.
What is urbanization?
100
This tax is based on your given earnings in a single year.
What is the income tax?
100
The New Orleans Saints quarterback set the single season passing record in the 2011 NFL regular season.
Who is Drew Brees?
200
These are sectioned off parts of a county.
What are townships?
200
This form of city government is the oldest and most common still used.
What is the mayor-council form?
200
This law enforcement agency is on the oldest in America. It was officially formed in 1835.
What are the Texas Rangers?
200
This type of tax is one that is not based on your ability to pay it. It generally hurts poor people and families more.
What is a regressive tax?
200
This is a term used to label a score that is one under par in golf.
What is a birdie?
300
This is the main critique of county government.
What is inefficient or out-dated?
300
The three types of these sectioned areas of a town's land are: residential, commercial, and industrial.
What is a zone?
300
This type of basic health insurance is available to the poor that are not eligible for Social Security
What is Medicaid?
300
This branch of government is the only one that can tax interstate trade, making it impossible for the states to do so.
What is Congress?
300
Highest selling album of all-time world wide.
What is Thriller by Michael Jackson? - 110 Million copies
400
This is really the only purpose of townships in Iowa.
What is fire protection?
400
This form of city government includes a council, a weak mayor and an appointed officer to administer the council decisions.
What is the council-manager form?
400
The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program is an example of this type of program that gives benefits to those that meet the requirements.
What is an entitlement program?
400
This type of tax is often labeled a "death tax" by it's critics.
What is an inheritance or estate tax?
400
Highest grossing film of 2011, the last in it's series that made $381 million.
What is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2?
500
These are the most common form of special districts.
What are school districts?
500
In the 1790 census this percentage of Americans lived in cities.
What is 5%?
500
A particular fear of this led the Framers of the Constitution to give the states the powers they have today.
What is the central government?
500
Iowa's state sales tax is currently at this rate.
What is 6%?
500
This man is the all-time passing yards, completions, and touchdowns leader at the University of Iowa.
Who is Chuck Long?