Exam 11: Local Government: Function Follows Form

Most interaction citizens have with government happens at the ______ level.

______ tend to cause problems with holding effective town hall meetings.

City councils tend to dominate in a weak mayor system of government.

A ______ tends to be the most politically powerful and influential form of local government.

If you find yourself in a county where the executive, legislative, and administrative powers are vested in elected commissioners, you have found ______ system.

Which of the following is has no influence on the size and scope of local government in a state?

In some states, ______ are geographical subdivisions of counties with little power.

A ______ is to a municipality as a legislature is to a state.

State governments can abolish county governments.

The suffix -shire comes from the ______ tradition.

Municipalities are generally distinguished from ______ corporations.

In a ______ system, the mayor has a largely ceremonial position.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. ______ tend to be more "general purpose" forms of government.

A mayor-council form of government blends executive and legislative powers.

What was the first major U.S. city to create a position for a strong manager?

______ systems concentrate executive and legislative powers into a single elected body.

In the twentieth-century, ineffectiveness and corruption were the reasons many counties shifted away from ______.

______ elections tend to have the lowest voter turnout.