MS History Chapter 11

A person who is born in a country or who has earned the right to become a member of that country is a _____________.

• council

• statesmen

• citizen

• none of these

Government of a village, town, county, or city

• municipal

• Mayor

• Governor

• none of these

An area in which a particular service is provided for the people who live there

• Municipal

• city

• special district

One of the sections into which a state is divided

• county

• town

• city

The person in charge of law enforcement for a county

• police

• highway patrol

• sheriff

Three levels of government are

• city, town, state

• local, state, national

• country, special district, municipal

Our local government is called

• Madison

• Jackson

• Mississippi

• Flora

Our local county government is called

• Hinds

• Madison

• Rankin

• Jackson

Citizens have ...

• Laws and rules

• Rights, responsibilities, and duties

What are two examples of rights and responsibilities of Americans?

• Cleaning

• doing homework

• paying taxes

• voting