Local Government Quiz

Why and what created counties

• Rural society to keep records straight and to provide justice

• IDK

• To convict people

• To hire lawyers.

Georgia has the ____ most counties in the US, and ____ is first

• 3rd, Ohio

• Second, Texas

• 5th, Wyoming

• Texas, Second

Counties services include:

• Sewage, Public Health

• Garbage collections, Drinking water

• Collecting Taxes, Road building and maintenance

• Police departments, Fire departments

What does the general assembly grant the city?

• .....

• Money

• A charter that grants a budget

• A Charter that states the cities boundaries and form of government.

What the city governments purpose?

• To provide local services, either not handled by the county government, or above beyond county services

• Special purposes

• To help well being

• idk

City Services include:

• Police departments, fire departments

• idk

• Collecting taxes

• road building.

What is the difference between county and city governments?

• One is state and the other is in a state.

• Services provided, and form of government.

• One is National and on is state.

• City doesn't provide anything, and county is federal.

Cities and counties made _____ governments to meet a specific need or to advance economic development.

• County Gov

• City Gov

• State Gov

• Special Purpose Gov

Whats the difference between how cities and counties were created.

• Cities were created by a charter, and counties were created by state constitution.

• Cities were created by a charter, and counties were by rural people.

• Cities were created by rural people, and counties were created by state constitution.

______ and ______ are special purpose governments.

• Mass transit system and local school systems.

• Mass transit and fire department.

• School systems and police department.

• Fire department and police departments.