2. 200 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 300 Community Concerns Local Gov’t Local Officials Election Day Constitution Debated

3. -This term refers to the official decision of the government on an issue. Row 1---100 Question

4. -public policy Row 1---100 Answer

5. -Local group of officials who make determinations about what types of buildings and the uses of buildings that are allowed in certain areas? Row 1---200 Question

6. -Zoning Boards Row 1---200 Answer

7. -Most important local tax source---based on a person’s belongings and is a very stable form of taxes? Row 1---300 Question

8. -property taxes Row 1---300 Answer

9. -Type of charge that someone who actually uses a service is charged----water fees for example? Row 1---400 Question

10. -user fees Row 1---400 Answer

11. -This term refers to the structures owned and maintained by the government such as buildings and highways? Row 1---500 Question

12. -infrastructure Row 1---500 Answer

13. -Name the group of people who govern the affairs of county government. Row 2---100 Question

14. -County Commissioners Row 2---100 Answer

15. -This is a hired official who runs the day-to-day operations of local government. Row 2---200 Question

16. -Manager Row 2---200 Answer

17. Row 2---300 Question -This is a local medical official who establishes the cause of death and conducts autopsies?

18. -coroner Row 2---300 Answer

19. Row 2---400 Question -Local official who is responsible for the upkeep of all county records such as birth certificates and land deeds?

20. -clerk Row 2---400 Answer

21. -Local official who is in charge of prosecuting criminal cases on the local level? Row 2---500 Question

22. -District Attorney Row 2---500 Answer

23. -This is a local version of a Constitution and is given to local governments by the State. Row 3---100 Question

24. -Charter Row 3---100 Answer

25. -This is the largest form of local government? Row 3---200 Question

26. -County Row 3---200 Answer

27. -Name the leader of local law enforcement? Row 3---300 Question

28. -Sheriff Row 3---300 Answer

29. -This is the term for local laws—also referred to as blue laws in some areas? Row 3---400 Question

30. -ordinances Row 3---400 Answer

31. -Term that refers to the addition of more land into a city or town? Row 3---500 Question

32. -annexation Row 3---500 Answer

33. -What type of punishment is most often debated in our legal system today? Row 4---100 Question

34. -death penalty Row 4---100 Answer

35. -This is the concept that the government must have some reason to believe a citizen has done something wrong in order to obtain permission to search their person or belongings? Row 4---200 Question

36. -probable cause Row 4---200 Answer

37. -This is the legal term for the false and damaging printing of a statement about a person. Row 4---300 Question

38. -libel Row 4---300 Answer

39. -This is the statement in the 1st Amendment that forbids the government from proclaiming an official religion within the United States? Row 4---400 Question

40. -Establishment clause Row 4---400 Answer

41. -This is the legal term for publicly telling a false and damaging statement about someone? Row 4---500 Question

42. -slander Row 4---500 Answer

43. -This term refers to the way most elections are won---not my majority vote but by getting the most votes? Row 5---100 Question

44. -popular vote Row 5---100 Answer

45. -Name the process whereby legislators place proposed bills on the general ballot for approval after the legislators have already passed the bill? Row 5---200 Question

46. -referendum Row 5---200 Answer

47. -This is where a voter may encounter someone conducting a poll so that the media may better predict the winner of elections. Row 5---300 Question

48. -exit poll Row 5---300 Answer

49. -This is a term that describes voting only for the same political party all the way through a ballot. Row 5---400 Question

50. -straight ticket Row 5---400 Answer

51. -This is a term that describes voting for candidates from either political party. Row 5---500 Question

52. -split ticket Row 5---500 Answer