Unit Five

Question 1

counties divided into smaller units

Answer 1

Townships

Question 2

special units of governments created for special problems or needs

Answer 2

Special Districts

Question 3

helps to raise money

Answer 3

User Fee

Question 4

allows cities to write their own charters, choose their own type of government, and manage their own affairs

Answer 4

Home Rule

Question 5

heads the executive branch of a city

Answer 5

Mayor

Question 6

voting districts

Answer 6

Ward

Question 7

members of a city council

Answer 7

Member-at-large

Question 8

the city and its suburbs form this

Answer 8

Metropolitan area

Question 9

A general agreement among government leaders about how they intend to deal with certain issues or problems

Answer 9

Public Policy

Question 10

a town’s system of roads, bridges, water, and sewers

Answer 10

Infrastructure

Question 11

the goals a community considers most important or most urgent

Answer 11

Priories

Question 12

materials, people, and money available to carry the community’s goals

Answer 12

Resources

Question 13

document which states a set of goals and explains how the local government will respond to the changing needs of its citizens over time

Answer 13

Master Plan

Question 14

decides where houses, stores, factories, and offices may be built

Answer 14

Zoning Board

Question 15

an IOU or promissory note from the government

Answer 15

Bond

Question 16

mean rebuilding old neighborhoods, often bearing down old buildings and replacing them with new ones

Answer 16

Urban Renewal

Question 17

the tradition of unpaid community service

Answer 17

Volunteerism

Question 18

sites to dump waste

Answer 18

Landfill

Question 19

old materials are reused to make new ones

Answer 19

Recycling

Question 20

federal system where the states and national government share power

Answer 20

Federalism

Question 21

returning a suspected criminal to the state where the crime was committed

Answer 21

Extradition

Question 22

Reduce a criminals sentence

Answer 22

Commute

Question 23

an early release from prison

Answer 23

Parole

Question 24

One house legislature

Answer 24

Unicameral

Question 25

the distribution of Legislative seats according to population

Answer 25

Apportionment

Question 26

when the Governor approves a certain parts of the bill and vetoes others

Answer 26

Line-item veto

Question 27

Less serious crimes

Answer 27

Misdemeanor

Question 28

Local court justice

Answer 28

Justice of the peace

Question 29

Police courts

Answer 29

Magistrate courts

Question 30

Serious crimes

Answer 30

Felony

Question 31

when a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a crime in exchange for a reduced sentence

Answer 31

Plea bargain

Question 32

Plan of government

Answer 32

Charter

Question 33

a law passed by a country board or other local government

Answer 33

Ordinance

Question 34

Smallest unit of government

Answer 34

Village

Question 35

Office responsible for keeping state records

Answer 35

Secretary of State

Question 36

The county's chief law enforcement office

Answer 36

Sheriff

Question 37

Number of members in the Nebraska Legislature

Answer 37

49

Question 38

Plan to be followed over the next few decades

Answer 38

Long-term plan

Question 39

The county's chief legal officer

Answer 39

District Attorney

Question 40

County office that keeps records and supervises elections

Answer 40

County Clerk

Question 41

County office that examines all taxable property within the county and estimates how much its worth

Answer 41

County assessor

Question 42

The highest expense of local government

Answer 42

Education

Question 43

Constitutional clause that states the laws that congress makes is the supreme law of the land

Answer 43

Supremacy Clause

Question 44

Agency that does much to stop air and water pollution

Answer 44

EPA

Question 45

States lawyer and legal advisor

Answer 45

Attorney general

Question 46

Republic form of government

Answer 46

Representative democracy

Question 47

The commander in chief of the states national guard

Answer 47

The governor

Question 48

Type of plan designed to be carried out over the next few years

Answer 48

Short term plan

Question 49

The governors term in most states

Answer 49

Four years

Question 50

Election where voters vote to remove a governor

Answer 50

Recall

Question 51

Clause that says each state must accept and uphold each other's laws and decisions

Answer 51

Full faith and credit clause

Question 52

The Office that usually presides over the strategic legislature

Answer 52

Lieutenant Governor

Question 53

Duties of a governor

Answer 53

Executing laws the state legislature passed, Appoint some state officials, Sign or veto bills from the legislature, Prepare a budget for the state and submit it to the legislature, May suggest laws that he or she thinks should be passed, Offer pardons and reprieves to convicted criminals, May commute a criminal's sentence

Question 54

Makes sure that no government money is spent without approval from the Governor and the legislature

Answer 54

State Auditor

Question 55

Pays money from the Treasury

Answer 55

Secretary of the Treasury

Question 56

Sets educational standards and oversees the state's public schools

Answer 56

Commissioner of Education

Question 57

Tries to establish the cause of unusual or suspicious deaths

Answer 57

Coroner

Question 58

Because of growth, county governments have been forced to provide more and more services like...

Answer 58

``` Water Sewer Sanitation services Operates police departments Operate hospitals ```

Question 59

A city government can be as small as...

Answer 59

2,500 people