Lesson 7 Self-check

Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. 1. What is an example of a special district?

• a. a township

• b. a country

• c. a school district

• d. a parish

2. 2. Which of the following is a county official?

• a. coroner

• b. mayor

• c. attorney general

• d. city manager

3. 3. Local governments are created by

• a. towns.

• b. states.

• c. Congress.

• d. the Supreme Court.

5. 5. In most cities, land is parceled into which three zones?

• a. residential, commercial, and industrial

• b. commercial, residential, and suburban

• c. urban, suburban, and economic

• d. public, private, and reserved

4. 4. A city’s constitution is its

• a. incorporation.

• b. charter.

• c. council.

• d. commission.

6. 6. A state can tax which of the following?

• a. interstate trade

• b. offices of the national government

• c. foreign commerce

• d. a person’s income

7. 7. What is the greatest source of revenue for most local governments?

• a. business taxes

• b. estate taxes

• c. income taxes

• d. property taxes

8. 8. In which form of city government does a group of elected officials share legislative and executive powers?

• a. the mayor-council form

• b. the council-manager form

• c. the commssion form

• d. a township

9. 9. Who prepares the budget in a state with an executive budget?

• a. the governor

• b. the legislature

• c. a commisssion

• d. mayors

10. 10. Counties are

• a. only important in urban areas.

• b. parts of townships.

• c. the major unit of local government in most states.

• d. relatively unimportant.