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A major unit of local government in most States
What is County?
100
A city's basic law, its constitution; a written grant of authority from the king
What is a charter?
100
Cash assistance to the poor.
What is Welfare?
100
A tax placed on the sale of various commodities, paid by the purchaser.
What is Sales Tax?


100
The process of determining the value of property to be taxed.
What is an Assessment?
200
Subdivision of a county.
What is a Township?
200
The process by which a State establishes a city as a legal body.
What is Incorporation?
200
A benefit that federal law says must be paid to all those who meet the eligibility requirements.
What is Entitlement?
200
A tax leveled income of individuals and/ or corporations.
What is Income Tax?
200
True or False. The Unites States liked the idea of taxes.
False. The United States didn't like the ideas of taxes.
300
An urban political unit within a township that usually exists as a separate government entity. 
What is Municipality?
300
A government formed by commissioners, head of different departments of city government, who are popularly elected to form the city council and thus center both legislative and executive powers in one body.
What is a Commission Government?
300
A program administered by the State to provide medical insurance to low-income families.
What is Medicaid?


300
A tax leveled at a flat rate, without regard to the level of a taxpayer's income or ability to pay them.
What is Regressive Tax?
300
A city and the area around it.
What is Metropolitan Area?
400
An independent unit created to perform one or more related governmental functions at the local level
What is a Special District?
400
A type of government in which the mayor heads the city's administration.
What is the Strong-Mayor Government?
400
Name a few entitlements that the government gives to people that need the benefits.

Medicare, food stamps, and veteran's pension.

400
A type of tax proportionate to income.
What is Progressive Tax?
400
What are the 3 advantages council-manager has over other forms of city government?
1. It is simple in form.

2. It is fairly clear who is responsible for policy, on the one hand, and for its application, on the other

3. It relies on highly trained experts who are skilled in modern techniques of budgeting, planning, computerization, and other administrative tools.

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True or False. A county typically has four major elements: a governing body, a number of bards or commissions, appointed bureaucrats, and a variety of elected officials.
True.
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A modification of the mayor-council government, it consists of a strong council of members elected on a non-partisan ballot, a weak, elected by the people, and a manager by the council.
What is Council-Manager Government?
500
True or False. The States provide no financial assistance to their local governments for education. 

False. The States provide some financial assistance to their local governments for education. 

500
A tax leveled on the beneficiary's share of an estate.
What is Inheritance Tax?
500
How many forms of government for a city are there and what are they?
3; a mayor-council, a commission, or a council-manager