Community
Concerns
Local Gov’t
Local
Officials
Constitution
Debated
Election Day
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-This term refers to the
official decision of the
government on an issue.
Row 1---100 Question
-public policy
Row 1---100 Answer
-Local group of officials who
make determinations about
what types of buildings and the
uses of buildings that are
allowed in certain areas?
Row 1---200 Question
-Zoning Boards
Row 1---200 Answer
-Most important local tax
source---based on a person’s
belongings and is a very stable
form of taxes?
Row 1---300 Question
-property taxes
Row 1---300 Answer
-Type of charge that someone
who actually uses a service is
charged----water fees for
example?
Row 1---400 Question
-user fees
Row 1---400 Answer
-This term refers to the
structures owned and
maintained by the government
such as buildings and
highways?
Row 1---500 Question
-infrastructure
Row 1---500 Answer
-Name the group of people who
govern the affairs of county
government.
Row 2---100 Question
-County
Commissioners
Row 2---100 Answer
-This is a hired official who
runs the day-to-day operations
of local government.
Row 2---200 Question
-Manager
Row 2---200 Answer
-This is a local medical official
who establishes the cause of
death and conducts autopsies?
Row 2---300 Question
-coroner
Row 2---300 Answer
-Local official who is
responsible for the upkeep of
all county records such as
birth certificates and land
deeds?
Row 2---400 Question
-clerk
Row 2---400 Answer
-Local official who is in charge
of prosecuting criminal cases
on the local level?
Row 2---500 Question
-District Attorney
Row 2---500 Answer
-This is a local version of a
Constitution and is given to
local governments by the
State.
Row 3---100 Question
-Charter
Row 3---100 Answer
-This is the largest form of
local government?
Row 3---200 Question
-County
Row 3---200 Answer
-Name the leader of local law
enforcement?
Row 3---300 Question
-Sheriff
Row 3---300 Answer
-This is the term for local
laws—also referred to as blue
laws in some areas?
Row 3---400 Question
-ordinances
Row 3---400 Answer
-Term that refers to the
addition of more land into a
city or town?
Row 3---500 Question
-annexation
Row 3---500 Answer
-What type of punishment is
most often debated in our
legal system today?
Row 4---100 Question
-death penalty
Row 4---100 Answer
-This is the concept that the
government must have some
reason to believe a citizen has
done something wrong in order
to obtain permission to search
their person or belongings?
Row 4---200 Question
-probable cause
Row 4---200 Answer
-This is the legal term for the
false and damaging printing of
a statement about a person.
Row 4---300 Question
-libel
Row 4---300 Answer
-This is the statement in the
1st Amendment that forbids
the government from
proclaiming an official religion
within the United States?
Row 4---400 Question
-Establishment clause
Row 4---400 Answer
-This is the legal term for
publicly telling a false and
damaging statement about
someone?
Row 4---500 Question
-slander
Row 4---500 Answer
-This term refers to the way
most elections are won---not
my majority vote but by
getting the most votes?
Row 5---100 Question
-popular vote
Row 5---100 Answer
-Name the process whereby
legislators place proposed bills
on the general ballot for
approval after the legislators
have already passed the bill?
Row 5---200 Question
-referendum
Row 5---200 Answer
-This is where a voter may
encounter someone conducting
a poll so that the media may
better predict the winner of
elections.
Row 5---300 Question
-exit poll
Row 5---300 Answer
-This is a term that describes
voting only for the same
political party all the way
through a ballot.
Row 5---400 Question
-straight ticket
Row 5---400 Answer
-This is a term that describes
voting for candidates from
either political party.
Row 5---500 Question
-split ticket
Row 5---500 Answer