Civics vocab

Money invested in business; also, property and equipment used to produce goods or services.

• Grant-in-aid

• Block Grants

• Capital

• Commission

The chief law-enforcement official in some county governments

• Unicameral

• Sheriff

• Bicameral

• Ordinances

Consisting of one house, as in a lawmaking body

• Bicameral

• Unicameral

• Embargo

• Summit

A government program that provides economic and military assistance to other countries.

• Town

• Foreign Aid

• Ordinances

• City

Regulations that govern a local governmental unit.

• Consumer

• Ordinances

• Initiative

• Executive Agreement

A mutual understanding between the president of the United States and the leader of a foreign government.

• Stock

• Ordinances

• Initiative

• Executive Agreement

The official who succeeds the governor if the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office.

• Ordinances

• Lieutenant Governor

• Capital

A share of ownership in a corporation.

• Block Grants

• Stock

• Ordinances

• Executive Agreement

Federal funds given to state and local governments for broad purposes.

• Block Grants

• Grant-in-aid

• Dividends

• Stock

Profits paid to corporate stockholders.

• Stock

• Dividends

• Grant-in-aid

• Block Grants