WorksheetsChapter 12 Lesson 2&3
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
A board of county commissioners acts as the county’s (a) by passing ordinances and setting the county’s budget.
In a commission-manager form of county government, the board names someone as (a) to administer the county’s day-to-day affairs.
Bringing criminals to justice is the role of the (a) .
Conducting elections as well as keeping official government records, such as birth, marriage and death certificates, is the job of the (a) .
The county is normally the state’s largest political and ____________ unit.
electoral
mayoral
residential
territorial
In the strong commission form of county government, the county board acts as the
executive authority.
executive authority and legislature.
executive and judicial authority, as well as the legislature.
legislature
A county’s chief law-enforcement officer is the
county prosecutor.
police department.
district attorney.
sheriff.
The taxes placed on taxable properties within a county is based on the estimates
assessor.
attorney.
clerk.
treasurer.
type of direct democracy
congress
town
town meeting
township
village
smallest unit of local government
village
township
town meeting
town
congress
in the New England states, a small political unit within a county
congress
town
town meeting
township
village
political group that divided land in the Midwest into square blocks
congress
town
township
town meeting
village
outside the New England area, a small political unit within a county
congress
town
town meeting
township
village
Town and township governments receive their power from
the federal government.
the state.
the president.
villages.
Town meetings are
a form of representative democracy.
held throughout most of the United States.
no longer held today.
still held today.
County and township governments share powers in the
Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states.
New England states.
Southern states.
Western states.
The original purpose of congressional, or survey, townships was to
create units of government.
distribute land to Native Americans.
distribute land to settlers.
provide local services.
