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WorksheetsChapter 9 Civics
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Basic plan for a local governmental unit that defines its powers, responsibilities, and organization.
Form of government that has homes, churches, and businesses.
City
Mayor
Town
Village
Includes homes, settlers, and buildings.
Who sees that ordinances are enforced?
mayor
What are the things that divide a city into several districts called?
Wards
Regulations that govern communities.
Lawmaking body of a city.
Local government body that has legislative and executive powers. It can contain 3-9 people.
Commission
Units such as cities, villages, and boroughs.
Municipalities
Unit of local government set up to provide a specific service.
Power of a city to write its own municipal charter and manage its own affairs.
When residents of a town meet regularly to discuss issues.
Town meeting
Where do local governments get their power?
State Governments
Who enforces law at the county level of government?
Sheriff
What two different levels of government compete to see which laws should be passed. They also fight over tax dollars and businesses.
Local government and state government
Where did the town form of government begin?
New England
What includes cities, villages, and boroughs?
What is an area that requires addressing of a certain need that is not present in the whole district?
Special Districts
Cities can write and amend its own municipal charters under what?
Home Rule
What is a sum of money given to state governments that can be used anyway the state government wants?
What are funds given by the federal government for specific projects?
Grants-in-aid
Mayor-council, comission plan, and council-manager are all what?
Forms of city government organization
What is the largest form of local government?
How were early congressional districts divided?
6-mile squares
8-mile squares
10-mile squares
5-mile squares
In county's where there is no leader of the executive branch, who is responsible?
Responsibility is typically distributed among other council managers.
To the north of Somerset county is what county along with its county seat?
Cambria-Ebensburg
Westmoreland-Greensburg
Fayette-Uniontown
Bedford-Bedford
To the Northwest of Somerset is which county along with its county seat?
Cambria-Ebensburg
Westmoreland-Greensburg
Fayette-Uniontown
Bedford-Bedford
To the Southwest of Somerset is which county along with its county seat?
Fayette-Uniontown
Bedford-Bedford
Westmoreland-Greensburg
Cambria-Ebensburg
To the East of Somerset is which county along with its county seat?
Bedford-Bedford
Fayette-Uniontown
Westmoreland-Greensburg
Cambria-Ebensburg
