Chapter 14: Local Government

When residents of a community form a village, they usually

• receive better services

• loss control to the larger county government

• want less control

• pay less in taxes

The county is normally the state’s largest political and ____________ unit.

• electoral

• mayoral

• residential

• territorial

Which is the unit of government that is the largest in the United States?

• County

• City

• National

• State

Which unit of government is the smallest in the United States

• Village

• Township

• Town

• City

To become a village, a small community must ask permission of the

• Chief Burgess

• State

• City

• County

Another word for city is

• ordinance

• charter

• municipality

• hamlet

Most Americans live in and experience local government in

• villages

• cities or urban areas

• rural areas

• towns

Under the council-manager form of government, a _____________ administers the city’s day-to-day affairs.

• city manager

• city council

• mayor

• commission

A document that gives power to a local government is

• a ballot

• a city charter

• a home rule

• an ordinance

A county’s chief law-enforcement officer is the

• county prosecutor

• sheriff

• police department

• district attorney